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Carl Safina, born in 1955, is a renowned author, marine biologist, and environmental advocate. His work primarily focuses on marine ecology and the relationship between humans and nature, using accessible language to reveal the importance of marine biodiversity and the impact of human activities on marine environments.

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“If you're overfishing at the top of the food chain, and acidifying the ocean at the bottom, you're creating a squeeze that could conceivably collapse the whole system.”

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Author:Carl Safina

“For each of us, then, the challenge and opportunity is to cherish all life as the gift it is, envision it whole, seek to know it truly, and undertake-with our minds, hearts and hands-to restore its abundance. It is said that where there's life there's hope, and so no place can inspire us with more hopefulness than that great, life-making sea-that singular, wondrous ocean covering the blue planet.”

Source: Song for the Blue Ocean: Encounters Along the World's Coasts and Beneath the Seas

“Many people believe the whole catastrophe is the oil we spill, but that gets diluted and eventually disarmed over time. In fact, the oil we don't spill, the oil we collect, refine and use, produces CO2 and other gases that don't get diluted.”

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“If you look right, you can see the whole world from wherever you happen to be.”

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About the Author

Born: 1955
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Quotes: 44

Books & Sources

The View from Lazy Point: A Natural Year in an Unnatural WorldRelated source material

Beyond Words: What Animals Think and FeelRelated source material

Becoming Wild: How Animals Learn Who They AreRelated source material

Song for the Blue Ocean: Encounters Along the World's Coasts and Beneath the SeasRelated source material

Becoming Wild: How Animal Cultures Raise Families, Create Beauty, and Achieve PeaceRelated source material

Eye of the Albatross: Visions of Hope and SurvivalRelated source material

Voyage of the Turtle: In Pursuit of the Earth's Last DinosaurRelated source material

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