We have been far too aggressive about extracting ocean wildlife, not appreciating that there are limits and even points of no return.
Sylvia EarleWe don't have to be that greedy generation that just continued to take down the underpinnings of what makes the planet work in our favor.
Sylvia EarleMany of us ask what can I, as one person, do, but history shows us that everything good and bad starts because somebody does something or does not do something.
Sylvia EarleThe burning of fossil fuels has altered the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere so rapidly and so abundantly that now, we are driving not just the warming trend, not just the sea level rise that is a consequence of the warming trend that is melting polar ice and alpine ice, but also [ocean acidification].
Sylvia Earle