black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

There are a few oysters in Chesapeake Bay. Half the coral reefs are still in pretty good shape, a jeweled belt around the middle of the planet. There’s still time, but not a lot, to turn things around.

Sylvia Earle

There’s something missing about how we’re informing the youngsters coming along about what matters in the world. We teach them the numbers and the letters, but we fail to communicate the importance of our connection to the living world.
SYLVIA EARLE

Along Come How Informing Matter Mis Something Tyounester World
Just as we have the power to harm the ocean, we have the power to put in place policies and modify our own behavior in ways that would be an insurance policy for the future of the sea, for the creatures there, and for us, protecting special critical areas in the ocean.
SYLVIA EARLE

Behaviour Harm Have Just Modify Ocean Place Policy Power Put Way
Far and away, the greatest threat to the ocean, and thus to ourselves, is ignorance. But we can do something about that.
SYLVIA EARLE

Away Far Greatest Ignorance Ocean Ourselves Sometimes Threat
I hope for your help to explore and protect the wild ocean in ways that will restore the health and, in so doing, secure hope for humankind.
SYLVIA EARLE

Do Explore Health Help Hope Humankind Ocean Protect Restore Secure Wild
Like a shipwreck or a jetty, almost anything that forms a structure in the ocean, whether it is natural or artificial over time, collects life.
SYLVIA EARLE

Almost Always Anything Artificial Collect Form Jetty Life Like Natural Ocean Over Shipwreck Structure Time
All through college, I had frequently been the only girl in a science class – which wasn’t such a bad deal.
SYLVIA EARLE

All Bad Been Class Colege Deal Frequently Girl Only Science Such Through
Nearly all of the major kinds of life, divisions of life, phyla of animals, occur in the sea. Only about half of them can make it to land or freshwater.
SYLVIA EARLE

Animal Divison Freshwater Half Land Life Major Make Nearly Occur Only Sea
Ten percent of the big fish still remain. There are still some blue whales. There are still some krill in Antarctica.
SYLVIA EARLE

Big Blue Country Fish Krill Percent Remain Sam Some Still Thing Whale
Sharks are beautiful animals, and if you’re lucky enough to see lots of them, that means that you’re in a healthy ocean.
SYLVIA EARLE

Animal Beautiful Enough Healthy Lot Lucky Mean Ocean Shark Them
We did not want, from garbage and nuclear wastes to sludge from sewage to entire ships that had reached the end of their useful life.
SYLVIA EARLE

Base End Garbage Life Nuclear Reach Sewage Ship Studge Useful Waste
The fragility, and even the degradation of our planet’s blue heart.
SYLVIA EARLE

Blue Degradation Even Fragility Heart Our Planet
If somebody dumps something noxious in my back yard, the dumper is the last one I would call on to repair the damage.
SYLVIA EARLE

Back Dump Dumper Last Moxious One Repair Somebody Something
Any astronaut can tell you you’ve got to do everything you can to learn about your life support system and then do everything you can to take care of it.
SYLVIA EARLE

Anyone Astronaut Can Everyone Everything Hero Learn Life Support System
Humans are the only creatures with the ability to dive deep in the sea, fly high in the sky, send instant messages around the globe, reflect on the past, assess the present and imagine the future.
SYLVIA EARLE

Ability Around Creature Deep Dive Fly Globe High Human Instant Message Onky Sea Sly
It’s mainly the high-end luxury market now that drives much of the fishing in the sea. It’s not feeding the starving millions. It’s feeding a luxury market.
SYLVIA EARLE

Drive Feel Fish High Luxury Mainly Market Million Much Sea Starve
There are a few oysters in Chesapeake Bay. Half the coral reefs are still in pretty good shape, a jeweled belt around the middle of the planet. There’s still time, but not a lot, to turn things around.
SYLVIA EARLE

Around Belt Coral Few Good Harf Jeweled Middle Oyster Planet Prety Shape Still Time Turn

There are a few oysters in Chesapeake Bay. Half the coral reefs are still in pretty good shape, a jeweled belt around the middle of the planet. There’s still time, but not a lot, to turn things around.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

There are a few oysters in Chesapeake Bay. Half the coral reefs are still in pretty good shape, a jeweled belt around the middle of the planet. There’s still time, but not a lot, to turn things around.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Sylvia Earle Quotes