When I arrived on the planet, there were only two billion. Wildlife was more abundant, we were less so; now the situation… — 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
I hope that someday we will find evidence that there is intelligent life among humans on this planet. — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
We don't have to be that greedy generation that just continued to take down the underpinnings of what makes the planet work… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
The ocean governs the climate and the weather, it is taking care of the temperature and it is shaping the chemistry of… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
Photosynthetic organisms in the sea yield most of the oxygen in the atmosphere, take up and store vast amounts of carbon dioxide,… — 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… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
We are not only warming the ocean and the planet as a whole, but we are also acidifying the ocean and changing… — 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
Why is it that scuba divers and surfers are some of the strongest advocates of ocean conservation? Because they've spent time in… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
The living ocean drives planetary chemistry, governs climate and weather, and otherwise provides the cornerstone of the life-support system for all creatures… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
There is a terribly terrestrial mindset about what we need to do to take care of the planet-as if the ocean somehow… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
We are all together in this, we are all together in this single living ecosystem called planet earth. As we learn how… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
This is a living planet. Look around. Mars, Venus, Jupiter. Look beyond our solar system. Where else is there a place that… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
We're still under the weight of this impression that the ocean is too big to fail, that the planet is too big… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
We are all together in this, we are all together in this single living ecosystem called planet earth. — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
The observations that have developed over the years have given us perspective about where we fit in. We are newcomers, really recent… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
We have the capacity to alter the nature of nature. No, we don't have just the capacity - we are altering the… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
Earth as an ecosystem stands out in the all of the universe. There's no place that we know about that can support… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
Why does evolution matter? There is so much about the evolution of life, the development of life on Earth that should rivet… — 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
