Nobel Dialogue

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"Every 5-6 years I go into a new area, so I'm unencumbered by knowing anything deeply. You can stumble upon things people hadn't seen before because you don't know the dogma," Nobel Laureate Steven Chu, #NobelDialogue

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"If I had another life to live over, I'd try to understand what water is doing," Nobel Laureate Barry Sharpless, #NobelDialogue

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"It is very important for me, with my focus on nuclear weapons, to connect with other movements and other issues," @BeaFihn #NobelDialogue

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"I grew up in an interesting family." Peter Agre describes how medicine was a logical career, combining the outlooks of his scientist father and his caring mother who grew up as a farm girl. Read more at: https://t.co/y8eiJYziLr #NobelDialogue

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"As hunter gatherers our young ones were always out, encountering new situations and learning. We're tuned to learn that way, then suddenly we put children in classrooms!" Sonam Wangchuk #NobelDialogue

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"I don't know what the term 'water sustainability' means any more: we don't want to sustain a depleted world - we want to replenish it," Sandra Postel. #NobelDialogue

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"Ice stupas are a way for people in the high Himalayas to not take #climatechange lying down. They are a message as well as a method to solve problems," Sonam Wangchuk https://t.co/0CXYXqcC2u #NobelDialogue

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"There is something so incredibly humbling about being the first person in the world to see something, whether it is an anemone with giant tentacles or a purple octopus" @DivaAmon #NobelDialogue

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We've explored more of the surface of Mars than the depths of our oceans. #NobelDialogue

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"We're not going to be leaving our children and grandchildren with a better world" - Steven Chu #NobelDialogue

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"In the next 13 years we need to cut our emissions in half. We know we can do it, we know we must do it, but will we do it?" @jrockstrom #NobelDialogue

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"Victim number one of climate change is water - there's either too much or too little at the wrong time." @jrockstrom #NobelDialogue

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"Read and keep reading!" Advice from Nobel Laureate Stefan Hell #NobelDialogue

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"If we find life on Mars, we will be led to conclude that life must be abundant in the universe." Roberto Orosei #NobelDialogue

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"Life as we know it requires liquid water." Nobel Laureate Stefan Hell describes the value of exploring water and life on other planets. #NobelDialogue

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"Mars looks a lot like Earth, except for the lack of life." Roberto Orosei describes the harsh environment and thin atmosphere on Mars #NobelDialogue

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"We think of the deep ocean as a pristine place, but unfortunately that's not true." @DivaAmon has seen human litter on nearly all of her 16 exhibitions to the deep ocean. #NobelDialogue

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"There is still so much to discover in our oceans. If we keep looking at the deep ocean floor, whatever we come across will be weird and wonderful in equal measures" @DivaAmon #NobelDialogue

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"The water that is coming out of our tap is a very small share of our overall water footprint. Half of our water footprint comes from our diet, and about a third from energy." Sandra Postel, #NobelDialogue

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"Nobody can do everything, but everybody can do something. We need to fight this feeling of hopelessness, and inspire hope" - Jan Eliasson, a 'worried optimist'. #NobelDialogue