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Quotes from Sea Change: A Message of the Oceans — Sylvia Earle

born 1935 United States

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11 quotes

There's plenty of water in the universe without life, but nowhere is there life without water.

Sea Change: A Message of the Oceans (1995)

This much is certain: We have the power to damage the sea, but no sure way to heal the harm.

Sea Change: A Message of the Oceans (1995)

Highways crisscross the land, simultaneously forming pathways and barriers.

Sea Change: A Message of the Oceans (1995)

Our soaring population may suggest success as a species, but the environmental price of modern civilization is high, and our prosperity may be short-lived.

Sea Change: A Message of the Oceans (1995)

Without an ocean, there would be no life-no people anyway

Sea Change: A Message of the Oceans (1995)

In the past few decades-my lifetime-the sea has changed; with each passing year, pressures on ocean resources and ocean ecosystems increase; the size of the ocean does not.

Sea Change: A Message of the Oceans (1995)

Curiously, those who claim to believe that the earth and all living things were created by God in fact appear to place greater value on human works and the judgment of mankind.

Sea Change: A Message of the Oceans (1995)

Perhaps with knowing will come caring, and with caring, an impetus toward the needed sea change of attitude, one that combines the wisdom of science and the sensitivity of art to create an enduring ethic.

Sea Change: A Message of the Oceans (1995)

Common sense forces me to consider first the incredible sweep of time that preceded this moment and the ocean's great age, relative to the infinitesimally small fragment of time enjoyed thus far by humankind.

Sea Change: A Message of the Oceans (1995)

One of my personal heroes is William Perrin

Sea Change: A Message of the Oceans (1995)

Despite clear evidence that ocean ecosystems are collapsing and fish populations can not sustain commercial taking, huge nets, trawlers, and factory ships are still being deployed, and more are being built.

Sea Change: A Message of the Oceans (1995)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Sylvia Earle (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.