If you think the ocean isn't important, imagine Earth without it. Mars comes to mind. No ocean, no life support system.

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• Sylvia Earle:

  When I first ventured into the Gulf of Mexico in the 1950s, the sea appeared to be a blue infinity

• Sylvia Earle:

  By the end of the 20th century, up to 90 percent of the sharks, tuna, swordfish, marlins, groupers,

• Sylvia Earle:

  Protecting vital sources of renewal - unscathed marshes, healthy reefs, and deep-sea gardens - will

• Sylvia Earle:

  We have been far too aggressive about extracting ocean wildlife, not appreciating that there are li

• Sylvia Earle:

  I personally have stopped eating seafood.

• Sylvia Earle:

  I'm not against extracting a modest amount of wildlife out of the ocean for human consumption, but

• Sylvia Earle:

  When I arrived on the planet, there were only two billion. Wildlife was more abundant, we were less

• Sylvia Earle:

  On a sea floor that looks like a sandy mud bottom, that at first glance might appear to be sand and

• Sylvia Earle:

  The sudden release of five million barrels of oil, enormous quantities of methane and two million g

• Sylvia Earle:

  Places change over time with or without oil spills, but humans are responsible for the Deepwater Ho