This much is certain: We have the power to damage the sea, but no sure way to heal the harm.
Sylvia EarleMost 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.
Sylvia EarleWe're still under the weight of this impression that the ocean is too big to fail, that the planet is too big to fail.
Sylvia EarleThe Exxon Valdez spill triggered a swift and strong response that changed policies about shipping, about double-hulled construction. A number of laws came into place.
Sylvia Earle