Becoming Quote by Sheldon Whitehouse

We are not only warming the ocean and the planet as a whole, but we are also acidifying the ocean and changing its chemistry.

— Sylvia Earle

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

Ocean acidification - the excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere that is turning the oceans increasingly acid - is a slow but accelerating impact…

— Sylvia Earle

Overfishing, global warming and pollution are destroying the ocean.

— Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden

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

“Ocean acidification is sometimes referred to as global warming’s “equally evil twin.”

— Elizabeth Kolbert

Climate change is a global problem. The planet is warming because of the growing level of greenhouse gas emissions from human activity. If this…

— Malcolm Turnbull

Most of the damage suffered by the ocean up until now has been caused by local insults - overfishing, pollution, and destruction of habitats.…

— Nancy Knowlton

Nothing is as daunting as the threats associated with global warming. That's the biggie. Everyone bangs on about rising sea levels but the real…

— Tim Winton

No matter how remote we feel we are from the oceans, every act each one of us takes in our everyday lives affects our…

— Fabien Cousteau

Oceans need more attention because climate change IS an ocean issue. Our oceans will be the first victim, and sea life will suffer dramatically.…

— Mark Powell

The burning of fossil fuels has altered the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere so rapidly and so abundantly that now, we are…

— Sylvia Earle