The amount of water on the planet does not change, only its quality.

It's important that you work on things that you care about and do a good job and not be too worried about consequences. Don't be afraid to get involved.

What do we expect the climate to do? How will it affect people? And how can we protect people from hardship? We should be willing to face the facts that things may not go very well.

We must have the hope to be able to succeed.

Fresh water is like a fossil fuel; we should not waste it.

I am involved in making measurements in polar oceans, and they are changing more than anything else. I think we have to be prepared for major changes associated with the melting of floating ice and the melting of the Greenland glacier.

More and more students are playing it safe and not taking any risks. You might not succeed, but that's just part of the game.