Only two percent of the ocean is fully protected right now.

We want to believe that we can continue doing what we've done for the past thousand years and not worry about the consequences coming back to us.

Never again will we have this good a chance as we now have to find an enduring place for ourselves within the natural systems that keep us alive. It's a sweet spot in history. That's why this is such a critical time.

Great attention gets paid to rainforests because of the diversity of life there. Diversity in the oceans is even greater.

The best scientists and explorers have the attributes of kids! They ask question and have a sense of wonder. They have curiosity. 'Who, what, where, why, when, and how!' They never stop asking questions, and I never stop asking questions, just like a five year old.

We're still under the weight of this impression that the ocean is too big to fail, that the planet is too big to fail.

We have an atmosphere that is roughly 21% oxygen. The rest of it is largely nitrogen. There's just enough carbon dioxide (CO2) to drive photosynthesis. That has been, throughout the history of our species, pretty stable. Until recently.