Carolina QuotesProtected areas provide hope that the creatures of Ed Wilson's dream of an encyclopedia of life, or the census of marine life, will live not just as a list, a photograph, or a paragraph.
Sylvia A. Earle Connected to the Carolinas
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- "My wish: Protect our oceans" (2009 TED talk)
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- 2009
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“Protected areas provide hope that the creatures of Ed Wilson…” Sylvia A. Earle. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-93F21B1F38. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/93f21b1f38
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All things considered, it seems so reasonable that people should care about the oceans and should be driven by a sense of urgency about knowing more. One of the great unsolved mysteries of the sea is why they don't. An aquatic atmosphere covers most of the planet's surface, encompasses the continents, and provides a home for most of life on Earth, yet it remains for humankind inaccessible and unknown, by and large ignored, overlooked, or simply taken for granted. How is this possible?
Perhaps with knowing will come caring, and with caring, an impetus toward the needed sea change of attitude, one that combines the wisdom of science and the sensitivity of art to create an enduring ethic.
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