The ocean governs the climate and the weather, it is taking care of the temperature and it is shaping the chemistry of our planet.

If we have a hope of really understanding our place in nature and of carving out a place for ourselves that is sustainable, it's primarily because of the new level of communication. It used to be, 'What you don't have in your mind, you have on your shelf.' But now we have the Web.

Humans have always wondered the big questions, "Who am I? Where have I come from? Where am I going?" It's part of human nature. It's perhaps the underpinnings of religion.

You don't have to touch the ocean for the ocean to touch you

Never before have we known what we know.

If Darwin could get into a submarine and see what I've seen, thousand of feet beneath the ocean, I am just confident that he would be inspired to sit down and start writing all over again.

We've got to alter our fossil fuel dependence and go to other energy sources.