With respect to the ocean being the heart of our blue planet: We are often asked, 'How much protection is enough?' We… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
If the sea is sick, we'll feel it. If it dies, we die. Our future and the state of the oceans are… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
The ocean seemed like a sea of Eden. But now we are facing paradise lost. — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
Every fish fertilizes the water in a way that generates the plankton that ultimately leads back into the food chain, but also… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
The Arctic is a place that historically, during all preceding human history, has largely been an icy realm with an impact on… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
The Arctic is an ocean. The southern pole is a continent surrounded by ocean. The North Pole is an ocean, or northern… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
I want to get out in the water. I want to see fish, real fish, not fish in a laboratory. — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
The burning of fossil fuels has altered the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere so rapidly and so abundantly that now,… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
We must protect our ocean as if our lives depend upon it, because they do. — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
Like a shipwreck or a jetty, almost anything that forms a structure in the ocean, whether it is natural or artificial over… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
It doesn't matter where on Earth you live, everyone is utterly dependent on the existence of that lovely, living saltwater soup. There's… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
Even our rules and regulations, our laws, our policies, favor the destructive nature of taking too much from the ocean and using… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
Many of us ask what can I, as one person, do, but history shows us that everything good and bad starts because… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
As a child, I was aware of the widely-held attitude that the ocean is so big, so resilient that we could use… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
There is an enormous amount to be learned about the sea; like most wildernesses, it has great potential. — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
I want everybody to go jump in the ocean to see for themselves how beautiful it is, how important it is to… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
Sharks are beautiful animals, and if you're lucky enough to see lots of them, that means that you're in a healthy ocean.… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
Ocean acidification - the excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere that is turning the oceans increasingly acid - is a slow but… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
Ignorance is the biggest problem of all for the ocean - and for many other things as well. — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
With care and protection, with safe havens in the ocean, there is still a good chance that we can turn things around. — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
If Darwin could see what we now see, what we now know about the ocean, about the atmosphere, about the nature of… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
It isn't too late to shift from the swift, sharp decline of ocean systems in recent decades to an era of steady… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
We still have 10 percent of the sharks. We still have half of the coral reefs. However, if we wait another 50 years, opportunities… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
Evolution is not something to be feared. It's to be celebrated, embraced, and understood. — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
We are depleting this immense diversity and abundance of life, and it matters tremendously for the future of the planet. — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
My mother was known as the 'bird lady' of the neighborhood. Anything injured, or any unusual creature somebody found, they would always come to… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
There is this sweet spot in time when we have an opportunity to stop killing sharks and tunas and swordfish and other wildlife in… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
The sudden release of five million barrels of oil, enormous quantities of methane and two million gallons of toxic dispersants into an already greatly… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
I've always said, 'Underwater or on top, men and women are compatible.' — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
With respect to the ocean being the heart of our blue planet: We are often asked, 'How much protection is enough?' We can only… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
If the sea is sick, we'll feel it. If it dies, we die. Our future and the state of the oceans are one. — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
The ocean seemed like a sea of Eden. But now we are facing paradise lost. — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
When you think about the real cost of so-called cheap energy that has driven our prosperity to unprecedented levels, for some of us, to… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
