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Humans have always wondered the big questions, Who am I? Where have I come from? Where am I going? It's part of human nature. It's perhaps the underpinnings of religion.

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Sylvia Earle
Age: 89
Born: 1935
Born: August 30
Biologist
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Gibbstown
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Sylvia Alice Earle
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'Green' issues at last are attracting serious attention, owing to critically important links between the environment and the economy, health, and our security.
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We have the capacity to alter the nature of nature. No, we don't have just the capacity - we are altering the nature of nature, the natural systems that cause the planet to function in our favor.
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The end of commercial fishing is predicted long before the middle of the 21st century.
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We have been far too aggressive about extracting ocean wildlife, not appreciating that there are limits and even points of no return.
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If the sea is sick, we'll feel it. If it dies, we die. Our future and the state of the oceans are one.
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Never before have we known what we know.
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When I arrived on the planet, there were only two billion. Wildlife was more abundant, we were less so now the situation is reversed.
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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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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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The sudden release of five million barrels of oil, enormous quantities of methane and two million gallons of toxic dispersants into an already greatly stressed Gulf of Mexico will permanently alter the nature of the area.
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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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Evolution is not something to be feared. It's to be celebrated, embraced, and understood.
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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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By the end of the 20th century, up to 90 percent of the sharks, tuna, swordfish, marlins, groupers, turtles, whales, and many other large creatures that prospered in the Gulf for millions of years had been depleted by overfishing.
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We have an atmosphere that is roughly 21% oxygen. The rest of it is largely nitrogen. There's just enough carbon dioxide (CO2) to drive photosynthesis. That has been, throughout the history of our species, pretty stable. Until recently.
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When I write a scientific treatise, I might reach 100 people. When the 'National Geographic' covers a project, it communicates about plants and fish and underwater technology to more than 10 million people.
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Ten percent of the big fish still remain. There are still some blue whales. There are still some krill in Antarctica. There are a few oysters in Chesapeake Bay. Half the coral reefs are still in pretty good shape, a jeweled belt around the middle of the planet. There's still time, but not a lot, to turn things around.
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Everyone has power. But it doesn't help if you don't use it.
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Ignorance is the biggest problem of all for the ocean - and for many other things as well.
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With every drop of water you drink, every breath you take, you're connected to the sea. No matter where on Earth you live.
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