We still have 10 percent of the sharks. We still have half of the coral reefs. However, if we wait another 50… — 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
When some people look at a shrimp they think, "Hmm. Delicious." When I look at a shrimp I think, "You're a miracle,… — 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
If we could magically transport ourselves back to the young Earth, when it was only a billion years old or two billion… — 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
The best scientists and explorers have the attributes of kids! They ask question and have a sense of wonder. They have curiosity.… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
It has taken these many hundreds of millions of years to fine-tune the Earth to a point where it is suitable for… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
The climate has been changing. Of course it [has]. Evidence throughout history, [which] we can assess, especially during human history, shows there… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
We woke up some years ago about the consequences of ozone depletion, the hole in the atmosphere. You can't see it. You… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
By the end of the 20th century, up to 90 percent of the sharks, tuna, swordfish, marlins, groupers, turtles, whales, and many… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
We humans have this idea that the ocean is so big, so vast, so resilient that it doesn't matter what we do… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
We want to believe that we can continue doing what we've done for the past thousand years and not worry about the… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
My first encounter with the ocean was on the Jersey Shore when I was three years old and I got knocked over… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
We've got to somehow stabilize our connection to nature so that in 50 years from now, 500 years, 5,000 years from now… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
I'm friends with James Cameron. We've spent time together over the years because he is a diver and explorer and in his… — 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
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