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As it turns out, the future of the ocean, the creatures who live there, and our own future are inextricably linked.

— Sylvia Earle The World Is Blue: How Our Fate and the Ocean's Are One (2009)

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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)

Astronomer Carl Sagan noted that even when it is viewed from so far away that it is a pale dot, Earth is discernibly blue.

The World Is Blue: How Our Fate and the Ocean's Are One (2009)

Highways crisscross the land, simultaneously forming pathways and barriers.

Sea Change: A Message of the Oceans (1995)

Earth's life-support system-the ocean-is failing. But who is paying attention?

The World Is Blue: How Our Fate and the Ocean's Are One (2009)

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If we don’t care about our past we can’t have very much hope for our future.

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