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MPR News is your source for environment news from Minnesota and across the country.

Getting to Green: Minnesota’s energy future

Getting to Green is an MPR News series that shares stories about Minnesota’s clean energy transition, including what needs to be done to get there.

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Climate Cast

Listen to Climate Cast, the MPR News podcast all about our changing climate and its impact in Minnesota and worldwide.

Minnesota's place on the climate change map

Minnesota's place on the climate change map

It's warmer in Minnesota, and more rain falls in big storms. Those effects are more pronounced than in most other states.

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Footnotes on climate change

Explore the sources for our series "Climate Change in Minnesota" to learn more.
by Elizabeth Dunbar and Dan Kraker

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Climate Change in Minnesota: About the project

How MPR News created this climate change series, and where to go to learn more.

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Living with it: Climate change effort shifts

Living with it: Climate change effort shifts

Minnesota is grappling with ways to cope with more rain and severe storms. As part of a week-long special report, read how some experts are focusing less on stopping the change and more on adapting to it.
by Jennifer Vogel

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A guide to 'Climate Change in Minnesota'

Join MPR News the week of Feb. 2 to examine climate change in Minnesota, the people it affects and those fighting to limit the impact.

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What's your carbon footprint? Find out

What's your carbon footprint? Find out

Use our calculator to convert your energy use into the number of boxcars your carbon dioxide would fill.

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Climate Change in Minnesota: 23 signs

Climate Change in Minnesota: 23 signs

It's undeniable: Minnesota is seeing the effects of a changing climate. We're warmer. More rain falls in bigger storms. MPR News presents a special report, "Climate Change in Minnesota."
by MPR News Staff

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Minnesota climate change by region

Weather observations show the slow drift of climate change.
by Bill Wareham

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The icebergs are talking. We just have to listen.

The icebergs are talking. We just have to listen.

Scientists used underwater microphones to record the sound of massive sheets of ice breaking away from glaciers. They want to predict rates of melting.

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Brainworm killed wayward moose in southern Minnesota

Brainworm killed wayward moose in southern Minnesota

A wandering moose that became a curiosity when it showed up on a southern Minnesota farm in November died from an infection caused by a parasite, officials say.
by MPR News Staff

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