The ocean is our life support system. No blue, no green. It's really a miracle that we have got a place that works in our favor.

The ocean seemed like a sea of Eden. But now we are facing paradise lost.

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.

Ironically the very energy, the very basis of how we know what we know, has been reliant on having an energy source [necessary] to build rockets to go to the moon and Mars, to support airplanes that fly, and satellites to give us our communication.

There is not a well-funded campaign among scientists to say, "Look, here's the evidence. You can read it yourself. Here are the facts. We're not making this up."

The living ocean drives planetary chemistry, governs climate and weather, and otherwise provides the cornerstone of the life-support system for all creatures on our planet, from deep-sea starfish to desert sagebrush. That's why the ocean matters. If the sea is sick, we'll feel it. If it dies, we die. Our future and the state of the oceans are one.

Give the ocean a break. Give yourself a break.