Far and away, the greatest threat to the ocean, and thus to ourselves, is ignorance. But we can do something about that. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes great ignorance ocean
My mother was known as the 'bird lady' of the neighborhood. Anything injured, or any unusual creature somebody found, they would always come to our doorstep. Sylvia Earle birdcreaturedoorstep Change image and share on social
We have become frighteningly effective at altering nature. Sylvia Earle altereffectivefrighteningly Change image and share on social
Large areas of the Gulf have escaped being scraped by trawls, crushed by more than 40,000 miles of pipelines, or displaced by one of 50,000 oil and gas wells drilled since the middle of the 20th century. Some places have been deliberately protected. Sylvia Earle 00020tharea share on social
If you compare NASA's annual budget to explore the heavens, that one year budget would fund NOAA's budget to explore the oceans for 1,600 years. Robert Ballard annualbudgetcompare Change image and share on social
Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process. Bruce Babbitt agoamericancongratulate Change image and share on social
It is the eye of ignorance that assigns a fixed and unchangeable color to every object; beware of this stumbling block. Paul Gauguin assignbewareblock Change image and share on social