People still do not understand that a live fish is more valuable than a dead one, and that destructive fishing techniques are taking a wrecking ball to biodiversity. Sylvia Earle Read Quote
I have heard endlessly that fish are so resilient that there is no way that you could exterminate a species. We are learning otherwise. Sylvia Earle Read Quote
If we could magically transport ourselves back to the young Earth, when it was only a billion years old or two billion years old or three billion years old or four billion years old, we wouldn’t be able to survive. We would have a hard time surviving if we were transported to the time when dinosaurs were around. Sylvia Earle Read Quote
I have come up at the end of a dive, and the boat was not where I left it. I had to take care of a buddy who did panic. But I was confident the boat would come back. Sylvia Earle Read Quote
Meat reared on land matures relatively quickly, and it takes only a few pounds of plants to produce a pound of meat. Sylvia Earle Read Quote
As a child, I was aware of the widely-held attitude that the ocean is so big, so resilient that we could use the sea as the ultimate place to dispose of anything we did not want, from garbage and nuclear wastes to sludge from sewage to entire ships that had reached the end of their useful life. Sylvia Earle Read Quote
Green’ issues at last are attracting serious attention, owing to critically important links between the environment and the economy, health, and our security. Sylvia Earle Read Quote
The Arctic is a place that historically, during all preceding human history, has largely been an icy realm with an impact on ocean currents. That, in turn, influences the temperature of the planet. The Arctic is now vulnerable because of the excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, with a rate of melting that is stunning. Sylvia Earle Read Quote
America gains most when individuals have great freedom to pursue personal goals without undue government interference. Sylvia Earle Read Quote
