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.

We have to have more consideration for people who have lesser means than we do. It is a problem of survival.

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.

People have to realize that the air we breathe and the water we drink come from the ocean and will go back to the ocean one way or another, no matter how far away we may be from it. It's a perpetual cycle.

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.

We must have the hope to be able to succeed.