Air Quote by Thomas Love Peacock

I almost think it is the ultimate destiny of science to exterminate the human race.

— Thomas Love Peacock

One of the founding moments of public health in the 19th century effectively poisoned the water supply of London much more effectively than any…

— Steven Johnson

Oceans, rivers, lakes, and streams, have all been touched by man. The poison floating out to sea, now threatens life on land.

— The Beach Boys

“We have already exterminated 90% of the fish. The fish population is 90% smaller than it was before we began to wage war on…

— Paul Watson

In ten years [i.e., 1980] all important animal life in the sea will be extinct. Large areas of coastline will have to be evacuated…

— Paul R. Ehrlich

We are already perilously close to killing off the top of the oceanic food chain - with catastrophic consequences that we can't begin to…

— Peter Benchley

So science alone cannot solve this problem [mass extinction of humans]. It's something that we can only tackle by bringing science together with culture,…

— Annalee Newitz

Overfishing, global warming and pollution are destroying the ocean.

— Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden

Further devastation of the air, land and sea is obviously a very real possibility, unless the attitudes of politicians and all who irresponsibly exploit…

— Viggo Mortensen

We're not just polluting a river and killing a couple of top predator animals; we're eradicating the krill, the necessary algae. We're dismantling the…

— Anohni

The Thames is liquid history.

— John Burns

Well, it seems all the fish in the rivers are dying. Could this be an act of cod?

— Colin Mochrie