Sylvia Earle: "Ketika saya berusia 12 tahun, kami pindah dari New Jers...

"Ketika saya berusia 12 tahun, kami pindah dari New Jersey ke Florida. Teluk Meksiko benar-benar halaman belakang saya. Setiap hari, saya bisa melihat lautan. Pada saat air surut, saya keluar dan bermain di padang lamun yang dulu sampai ke pantai, penuh dengan kuda laut kecil, pipefish dan karang lunak. Ada begitu banyak kehidupan! Tapi kemudian saya menyaksikan perubahan, hilangnya garis pantai, hilangnya pohon bakau, hilangnya padang lamun. Area teluk dangkal diubah menjadi tempat parkir."

--- Sylvia Earle

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When I was 12, we moved from New Jersey to Florida. The Gulf of Mexico was literally my backyard. Every day, I could see the ocean. At low tide I went out and played in seagrass meadows that used to come right up to the shore, filled with tiny seahorses, pipefish and soft corals. There was so much life! But then I witnessed the change, the loss of the shoreline, the loss of the mangrove trees, the loss of the seagrass meadows. Shallow bay areas were turned into parking lots.