I am really sobered by what's happening to ecosystems around our planet and to the wildlife that is to be found there.

I am really sobered by what's happening to ecosystems around our planet and to the wildlife that is to be found there.

We live in uncertain times when it comes to the future of life on Earth.

The number one issue that Ocean Mysteries has opened my eyes to is, no matter where you are, whether you're on a beach in Hawaii, you're diving in the Pacific, you're in a remote archipelago, or you're in the middle of nowhere - I am blown away and sobered and crushed, emotionally crushed, by the amount of marine debris, of garbage, that is now in our ocean.

To be with another scientist and make a discovery and share that with a global audience, or working with bear biologists in Alaska, by helicopter - [it's] really what I've given my whole life to. And I get to do that just about every week.

Our health as a society, our robustness as a community, as a nation, as a people, is not only dependent upon fiscal stability, military might, political strength - it's also dependent on a healthy planet.

I think the hardest part about my job is the best part of my job - the travel.