47 Quotes by Edith Widder

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

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.

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

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

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.

We’ve only explored about 5% 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 we can’t even imagine.

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

Exploration is the engine that drives innovation. Innovation drives economic growth.

In 2008, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for work done on a molecule called green fluorescent protein that was isolated from the bioluminescent chemistry of a jellyfish, and it's been equated to the invention of the microscope in terms of the impact that it has had on cell biology and genetic engineering.