The Arctic is a place that historically, during all preceding human history, has largely been an icy realm with an impact on ocean currents. That, in turn, influences the temperature of the planet. The Arctic is now vulnerable because of the excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, with a rate of melting that is stunning. Sylvia Earle
Some Similar Quotes
  1. Love makes you see a place differently, just as you hold differently an object that belongs to someone you love. If you know one landscape well, you will look at all other landscapes differently. And if you learn to love one place, sometimes you can... - Anne Michaels

  2. Once you figure out who you are and what you love about yourself, I think it all kind of falls into place. - Jennifer Aniston

  3. I've crossed some kind of invisible line. I feel as if I've come to a place I never thought I'd have to come to. And I don't know how I got here. It's a strange place. It's a place where a little harmless dreaming and... - Raymond Carver

  4. I feel sorry for anyone who is in a place where he feels strange and stupid. - Lois Lowry

  5. Where you come from is gone, where you thought you were going to was never there, and where you are is no good unless you can get away from it. Where is there a place for you to be? No place... Nothing outside you can... - Flannery OConnor

More Quotes By Sylvia Earle
  1. As a child, I was aware of the widely-held attitude that the ocean is so big, so resilient that we could use the sea as the ultimate place to dispose of anything we did not want, from garbage and nuclear wastes to sludge from sewage...

  2. 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.

  3. We need to respect the oceans and take care of them as if our lives depended on it. Because they do.

  4. Any astronaut can tell you you've got to do everything you can to learn about your life support system and then do everything you can to take care of it.

  5. With every drop of water you drink, every breath you take, you're connected to the sea. No matter where on Earth you live. Most of the oxygen in the atmosphere is generated by the sea.

Related Topics