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I find the lure of the unknown irresistible.

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Sylvia Earle
Age: 89
Born: 1935
Born: August 30
Biologist
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Marine Biologist
Oceanographer
Gibbstown
New Jersey
Sylvia Alice Earle
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We are not only warming the ocean and the planet as a whole, but we are also acidifying the ocean and changing its chemistry.
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The diversity of life on Earth, generally, is astonishing. But despite those large numbers, it's also important to recognize that every species, one way or another, is vulnerable to extinction. And in our time on Earth... our impact on the diversity of life has been profound.
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All through college, I had frequently been the only girl in a science class - which wasn't such a bad deal.
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This much is certain: We have the power to damage the sea, but no sure way to heal the harm.
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Everyone has power. But it doesn't help if you don't use it.
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The most important part is to take on the challenge of protecting the ocean as if your life depends on it - because it does.
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Never again will we have this good a chance as we now have to find an enduring place for ourselves within the natural systems that keep us alive. It's a sweet spot in history. That's why this is such a critical time.
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I suggest to everyone: Look in the mirror. Ask yourself: Who are you? What are your talents? Use them, and do what you love.
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There's something missing about how we're informing the youngsters coming along about what matters in the world. We teach them the numbers and the letters, but we fail to communicate the importance of our connection to the living world.
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Most of life on Earth has a deep past, much deeper than ours. And we have benefited from the distillation of all preceding history, call it evolutionary history if you will.
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Use your power to do whatever it takes to secure for humankind an enduring place on this little blue speck in the universe - our only hope.
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My parents moved to Florida when I was 12, and my backyard was the Gulf of Mexico.
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Knowledge is the key to making a difference.
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We have found ways to capture, kill and market ocean wildlife on an unprecedented scale. It's an absolute catastrophe.
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I personally have stopped eating seafood.
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There are a lot of smart creatures out there. Dolphins, elephants, and whales are smart. And there are some really smart birds. I know some really intelligent fish. But they cannot know what humans know and are incapable of inflicting as much damage.
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Sharks are beautiful animals, and if you're lucky enough to see lots of them, that means that you're in a healthy ocean. You should be afraid if you are in the ocean and don't see sharks.
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Never before have we known what we know.
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What we once used as weapons of war, we now use as weapons against fish.
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The opportunity that is unique [to our] time is what inspires me to do everything I can to move things forward. This is the first time that we have the capacity to understand our place in the greater scheme of things to the extent that we do.
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