Discusses his childhood and upbringing in Japan, coming to the United States; his work in studying the carbon dioxide in the ocean and the atmosphere; environmental movement (circa 1960s); global warming; a comparison of Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Lamont-Doherty; the research vessel Vema; the relationship between the scientists at Lamont and Columbia University; financial issues facing Lamont; reactions to Paul Richard's discovery about earth's core; and other topics. Prominently mentioned are: Walter Bucher, Wallace Broecker, Maurice Ewing, Al Gore, J. Lawrence Kulp, Roger Revelle, and Manik Talwani.