Climate Quote by Walter Munk

“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.”

Walter Munk

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

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I am involved in making measurements in polar oceans, and they are changing more than anything else. I think we have to be prepared…

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

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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.

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We still have hope; it is what keeps us going.

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There is no question that a very large number of people have to move; you cannot live where the water comes over you. I…

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

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