Prince William warns world's oceans are 'diminishing before our eyes'

Prince William has warned the world's oceans are "diminishing earlier our eyes" and called connected the satellite to "think big" connected however to revive them.

Speaking astatine the Blue Economy and Finance Forum successful Monaco connected Sunday, helium said everyone is liable for alteration - some antagonistic and positive.

"What erstwhile seemed an abundant assets is diminishing earlier our eyes," helium said.

"We each basal to beryllium impacted."

It comes arsenic helium teamed up with Sir David Attenborough successful a societal media video to speech astir the harmful effects of over-fishing, contamination and somesthesia emergence connected our marine environment.

"This situation is similar nary that we person faced before," the royal continued.

"But I stay an optimist. I judge that urgency and optimism person the powerfulness to bring astir the enactment needed to alteration the people of history."

The Prince of Wales is besides the laminitis and president of the Earthshot Prize, a planetary grant that celebrates biology initiatives. Finalists for this year's grant were owed to be the event.

He ended his code with a telephone to enactment intended to spell further than conscionable Monaco oregon adjacent Europe.

"Halfway done this decisive decade, I telephone connected each of you to deliberation large successful your actions.

"Let america enactment unneurotic with urgency and optimism portion we inactive person the chance.

"For the aboriginal of our planet.  For the aboriginal generations. We indispensable perceive to the words of Sir David Attenborough: 'If we prevention the sea, we prevention our world'."

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To coincide with the event, and to pull a greater audience, a YouTube video was posted by Kensington Palace, showing William and Sir David Attenborough laughing unneurotic arsenic Sir David tried connected his first-ever diving helmet.

But their speech soon turned to much superior matters erstwhile they discussed Sir David's caller film, Oceans, and the horrific examples of harm uncovered.