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 have to work together to do a better job than we did in the last few generations.

There is no question that a very large number of people have to move; you cannot live where the water comes over you. I have not heard one suggestion on how we are going to move one hundred million people out of low-lying areas and what countries would be willing to accept them.

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 still have hope; it is what keeps us going.

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.

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