We still have hope; it is what keeps us going. Walter Munk More Quotes by Walter Munk More Quotes From Walter Munk People should treat the oceans like we do anything else that we care about - with consideration, with care, and affection. That's it. For that we must educate. Walter Munk care ocean people The amount of water on the planet does not change, only its quality. Walter Munk quality doe water This is going to be a difficult few hundred years. No matter what we do, we have to give up some of the advantages of the wealthy Western nations and help out people who are less fortunate. That is the key. I think we can do it if we have more compassion for one another. Walter Munk giving-up compassion thinking We have to work together to do a better job than we did in the last few generations. Walter Munk generations working-together jobs We must have the hope to be able to succeed. Walter Munk succeed able 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. Walter Munk care important jobs 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 hardship climate people Fresh water is like a fossil fuel; we should not waste it. Walter Munk waste fuel water 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. Walter Munk ice ocean thinking We have to have more consideration for people who have lesser means than we do. It is a problem of survival. Walter Munk survival mean people 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. Walter Munk country lying moving 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. Walter Munk ocean air people 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. Walter Munk playing-it-safe risk games
