Sylvia Earle Quotes - Page 8

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• What we put into the atmosphere in terms of burning fuel is unprecedented.

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  Atmosphere, Burning, Fuel

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• In the past few decades, Earth's natural systems have endured more pressure than in all preceding human history.

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  Past, Earth, Pressure

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• We couldn't go to the moon on whale oil. We don't have the capacity yet to consider doing such things as harnessing current sunlight. We're burning ancient sunlight in order to get us to where we now are. But it's costly.

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  Moon, Oil, Order

  "Her Majesty Of The Deep Blue Sea: An Interview With Dr. Sylvia Earle, Part One". Interview with Dan Linehan, www.mission-blue.org. January 23, 2013.

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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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  Issues, Important, Serious

  "Earth Has a Heart — It’s Blue" by Sylvia Earle, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 31, 2010.

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• 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 our horror, we've realized that this has the potential for burning brightly and then snuffing out.

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  Real, Thinking, Energy

  "Her Majesty Of The Deep Blue Sea: An Interview With Dr. Sylvia Earle, Part One". Interview with Dan Linehan, www.mission-blue.org. January 23, 2013.

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• Humans are the only creatures with the ability to dive deep in the sea, fly high in the sky, send instant messages around the globe, reflect on the past, assess the present and imagine the future.

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  Past, Sea, Sky

  "Sylvia Earle Talks Gulf Oil Spill Effects In Exclusive Interview". Interview with Joanna Zelman, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 13, 2011.

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• America gains most when individuals have great freedom to pursue personal goals without undue government interference.

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  Government, America, Goal

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• Globally sharks have been killed for their fins, for their cartilage, for their livers, for their meat. But mostly what has driven some species of sharks to near extinction - including the hammerhead shark - is the new luxury taste for shark fin soup.

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  Driven

  Source: www.wildriverreview.co

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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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  Girl, College, Class

  "Her Deepness" by Wallace White, www.newyorker.com. July 3, 1989.

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• I love music of all kinds, but there's no greater music than the sound of my grandchildren laughing; my kids, too.

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  Kids, Grandchildren, Laughing

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• Fish from all over the world, from deep in the sea, wind up in countries from Germany to Japan. That is just crazy.

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  Country, Crazy, Japan

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• If somebody dumps something noxious in my back yard, the dumper is the last one I would call on to repair the damage.

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  Yards, Lasts, Damage

  "Her Deepness" by Wallace White, www.newyorker.com. July 3, 1989.

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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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  Smart, Intelligent, Bird

  Source: www.wildriverreview.co

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• Ice ages have come and gone. Coral reefs have persisted.

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  Ice, Age, Gone

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• The observations that have developed over the years have given us perspective about where we fit in. We are newcomers, really recent arrivals on a planet that is four and a half billion years old.

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  Years, Perspective, Half

  "Big Thinkers on Evolution". "NOVA" Interview, www.pbs.org. October 6, 2009.

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• When some people look at a shrimp they think, "Hmm. Delicious." When I look at a shrimp I think, "You're a miracle, absolutely incredible. Your ancestors have gone back hundreds of millions of years." And to develop a thing as simple as a shrimp cocktail, you have to calculate the hundreds of millions of years that have preceded that moment where you're sitting there with your sauce and fork poised.

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  Simple, Thinking, Years

  "Big Thinkers on Evolution". "NOVA" Interview, www.pbs.org. October 6, 2009.

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• It has taken these many hundreds of millions of years to fine-tune the Earth to a point where it is suitable for the likes of us.

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  Taken, Years, Tunes

  "Big Thinkers on Evolution". "NOVA" Interview, www.pbs.org. October 6, 2009.

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