Ocean acidification - the excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere that is turning the oceans increasingly acid - is a slow but accelerating impact with consequences that will greatly overshadow all the oil spills put together. The warming trend that is CO2-related will overshadow all the oil spills that have ever occurred put together.
Sylvia EarleThe 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.
Sylvia EarleThe most important part is to take on the challenge of protecting the ocean as if your life depends on it - because it does.
Sylvia Earle