Coral reefs Quote by Bill Gates

If we don't preserve the oceans from nitrate runoff and plastic and chemicals, and if we don't preserve it from acidification, and if we…

— John F. Kerry

We must protect our ocean as if our lives depend upon it, because they do.

— Sylvia Earle

The simple fact that half of the oxygen that we breathe is produced by the oceans should be reason enough to mobilize around the…

— Albert II, Prince of Monaco

Ocean energy can contribute a great deal toward the protection or our atmosphere - without damaging marine ecosystems that are equally vital to the…

— Fred Krupp

Oceans are one of the most important things in the world now and that is a national security threat of the United States of…

— Ian Somerhalder

Carbon dioxide pollution is transforming the chemistry of the ocean, rapidly making the water more acidic. In decades, rising ocean acidity may challenge life…

— Sigourney Weaver

Centuries-old habitats such as coral gardens are destroyed in an instant by bottom trawls, pulverized by weighted nets into barren plains. And global carbon…

— Ted Danson

We need to respect the oceans and take care of them as if our lives depended on it. Because they do.

— Sylvia Earle

As we pump greenhouse gases into our atmosphere, the ocean absorbs carbon dioxide, making the seawater acidic and hostile for shellfish and corals.

— Barry Gardiner

I think the best way to protect the ocean is to encourage people onto it and into it.

— Jon Bowermaster

A healthy ocean is vital to our economy and well-being. We need clean and healthy oceans to sustain tourism and fisheries.

— Scott Peters

Ocean acidification looks suspiciously like a back-up plan by the environmental pressure groups in case the climate fails to warm: another try at condemning…

— Matt Ridley