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b'"Climate change is not some academic thing, it\'s pervasive \\u2013 you see the signs of change everywhere,\\u201d said Ben Santer, a climate scientist at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. \\u201cIt\\u2019s profoundly sad that future generations may not experience the coral reefs or these fragile, high alpine environments in the same way that we did, and we\\u2019ve experienced these changes over a human lifetime.\\u201d Santer joined Jane Lubchenco, former administrator for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to discuss extreme weather and the future of the warming planet. While hurricane and tsunamis will become more intense, heat waves are among the most damaging natural disasters, according to Lubchenco. But there\\u2019s still hope. \\u201cMany more people are beginning to see climate not as an economic issue, not as a political issue, but as a moral issue,\\u201d Lubchenco said. \\u201cChanging the way we think about the problem, I think, is part of the solution.\\u201d Jane Lubchenco, Former Administrator, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Ben Santer, Climate Scientist, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club of California on December 11, 2013\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'