Quotes about ocean
ocean ignorance problem
Ignorance is the biggest problem of all for the ocean - and for many other things as well. Sylvia Earle
ocean challenges important
The most important part is to take on the challenge of protecting the ocean as if your life depends on it-because it does.
ocean mean humankind
Health to the ocean means health for us.
ocean policy
Even our rules and regulations, our laws, our policies, favor the destructive nature of taking too much from the ocean and using techniques that are horribly destructive. We know they don't work. We know it's not sustainable.
ocean cost fuel
Our insatiable appetite for fossil fuels and the corporate mandate to maximize shareholder value encourages drilling without taking into account the costs to the ocean, even without major spills.
ocean people failing
We still have the illusion that the ocean will recover. That even if we do have to lose sharks, people don't understand why this matters. The evidence is in front of us, and we fail to take it in and say, "Now I get it. Now I understand."
ocean doe conservation
Many 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.
ocean sea weather
The living ocean drives planetary chemistry, governs climate and weather, and otherwise provides the cornerstone of the life-support system for all creatures on our planet, from deep-sea starfish to desert sagebrush. That's why the ocean matters. If the sea is sick, we'll feel it. If it dies, we die. Our future and the state of the oceans are one.
ocean joy mind
My first breath was just...it just seemed impossible that you could actually breathe underwater. I knew in my mind it was possible, but actually experiencing it was such a gulp of joy and I feel it every time I go under the ocean. I love doing it, to be able to feel weightless, to spin on one finger, to do somersaults, to be like a graceful ballerina - even with a huge tank on your back you can do the most extraordinary things.
ocean oil impact
Ocean acidification - the excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere that is turning the oceans increasingly acid - is a slow but accelerating impact with consequences that will greatly overshadow all the oil spills put together. The warming trend that is CO2-related will overshadow all the oil spills that have ever occurred put together.
ocean thinking support-systems
If you think the ocean isn't important, imagine Earth without it. Mars comes to mind. No ocean, no life support system.
ocean
You don't have to touch the ocean for the ocean to touch you
ocean jetty natural
Like a shipwreck or a jetty, almost anything that forms a structure in the ocean, whether it is natural or artificial over time, collects life.
ocean middle century
Since the middle of the 20th century, more has been learnt about the ocean than during all preceding human history; at the same time, more has been lost.
ocean appreciate limits
We have been far too aggressive about extracting ocean wildlife, not appreciating that there are limits and even points of no return.
ocean fishing practice
I'm not against extracting a modest amount of wildlife out of the ocean for human consumption, but I am really concerned about the large-scale industrial fishing that engages in destructive practices like trawling and longlining.
ocean failing impression
We're still under the weight of this impression that the ocean is too big to fail, that the planet is too big to fail.
ocean mean way
I hope for your help to explore and protect the wild ocean in ways that will restore the health and, in so doing, secure hope for humankind. Health to the ocean means health for us.
ocean marine diversity
Great attention gets paid to rainforests because of the diversity of life there. Diversity in the oceans is even greater.
ocean sea water
Even if you never have the chance to see or touch the ocean, the ocean touches you with every breath you take, every drop of water you drink, every bite you consume. Everyone, everywhere is inextricably connected to and utterly dependent upon the existence of the sea.
ocean sea sick
If the sea is sick, we'll feel it. If it dies, we die. Our future and the state of the oceans are one.
ocean past conservation
Our past, our present, and whatever remains of our future, absolutely depend on what we do now.
ocean heart blue
Why is it that scuba divers and surfers are some of the strongest advocates of ocean conservation? Because they've spent time in and around the ocean, and they've personally seen the beauty, the fragility, and even the degradation of our planet's blue heart.
ocean blue water
No water, no life. No blue, no green.
ocean ignorance threat
Far and away, the greatest threat to the ocean, and thus to ourselves, is ignorance. But we can do something about that.
ocean home sea
Every time I slip into the ocean, it's like going home.
ocean heart blue
With respect to the ocean being the heart of our blue planet: We are often asked, 'How much protection is enough?' We can only answer with another question: How much of your heart is worth protecting?
ocean care needs
We need to respect the oceans and take care of them as if our lives depended on it. Because they do.
ocean protect
We must protect our ocean as if our lives depend upon it, because they do.
ocean heart blue
People ask: Why should I care about the ocean? Because the ocean is the cornerstone of earth's life support system, it shapes climate and weather. It holds most of life on earth. 97% of earth's water is there. It's the blue heart of the planet-we should take care of our heart. It's what makes life possible for us. We still have a really good chance to make things better than they are. They won't get better unless we take the action and inspire others to do the same thing. No one is without power. Everybody has the capacity to do something.
ocean sea water
With every drop of water you drink, every breath you take, you're connected to the sea. No matter where on Earth you live.
ocean care knows
The oceans deserve our respect and care, but you have to know something before you can care about it.
ocean two dolphins
I filmed underwater for two days in the open ocean with dolphins. Kathleen Quinlan