We are depleting this immense diversity and abundance of life, and it matters tremendously for the future of the planet.
Sylvia EarlePhotosynthetic organisms in the sea yield most of the oxygen in the atmosphere, take up and store vast amounts of carbon dioxide, shape planetary chemistry, and hold the planet steady.
Sylvia EarleThe ocean is dying, and we have no place to escape to if this experiment doesn't go in our favor.
Sylvia EarleWe have the capacity to alter the nature of nature. No, we don't have just the capacity - we are altering the nature of nature, the natural systems that cause the planet to function in our favor.
Sylvia Earle