Edith Widder Quotes

• We've only explored about five percent of our ocean. There are great discoveries yet to be made down there, fantastic creatures representing millions of years of evolution and possibly bioactive compounds that could benefit us in ways that we can't even yet imagine.

  Edith Widder

  Ocean, Discovery, Years

  "How we found the giant squid". TED Talk, www.ted.com. February 2013.

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• Exploration is the engine that drives innovation. Innovation drives economic growth. So let's all go exploring.

  Edith Widder

  Innovation, Growth, Exploration

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• I think I have the best job in the world. Seventy-one percent of the planet is covered by water, we've explored less than five percent of the ocean, and there are so many fabulous discoveries that have yet to be made.

  Edith Widder

  Jobs, Ocean, Thinking

  PBS "NOVA", www.pbs.org. July 23, 2008.

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• The difference between a fairy tale and a sea tale? A fairy tale starts with "Once upon a time". A sea tale starts with " This ain't no $hit"!

  Edith Widder

  Sea, Differences, Once Upon A Time

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• It's a little-appreciated fact that most of the animals in our ocean make light.

  Edith Widder

  Ocean, Animal, Light

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• Our biggest challenges for the ocean and for the planet are problems of perception. People need to understand that species extinctions, habitat destruction, ocean acidification, and pollution are all chipping away at the resilience of the thin layer of life that sustains us on Spaceship Earth.

  Edith Widder

  Ocean, People, Challenges

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• Our problems are solvable if they are clearly defined. To do so, we need to monitor our planetary life support systems the way doctors monitor a patient's vital signs and then use that information to protect ecosystem services as though our lives depend on it, because they do.

  Edith Widder

  Doctors, Ecosystems, Support Systems

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• In the ocean, [bioluminescence] is the rule rather than the exception.

  Edith Widder

  Motivation, Ocean, Inspiration

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• The teeth on [the viperfish] are so long that if they closed inside the mouth of the fish, it would actually impale its own brain.

  Edith Widder

  Long, Brain, Teeth

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