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MPR meteorologist Paul Huttner discusses the latest research on our changing climate and the consequences we’re seeing here in Minnesota and worldwide. Hear Climate Cast each Thursday on MPR’s All Things Considered.

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How climate change may have helped Genghis Khan

How climate change may have helped Genghis Khan

A wet period created the fuel that the Mongol hordes needed to travel.

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The myths and true costs of climate change

The myths and true costs of climate change

On this week's edition of Climate Cast, we look at the top myths about climate change, the cost of hardening the electrical grid and China's nuclear winter.

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Volcanoes may be slowing the rate of warming

Volcanoes may be slowing the rate of warming

Small eruptions could be responsible for temperatures that are lower than predicted.
by John Abraham

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How a stalled jet stream is wreaking worldwide havoc

How a stalled jet stream is wreaking worldwide havoc

Kerri speaks to MPR News Meteorologist Paul Huttner and University of Minnesota Climatologist Mark Seeley about the jet stream and how it could be affected by our changing climate.

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What science has to say about Obama's speech

What science has to say about Obama's speech

President calls for 'more urgency' in the face of droughts and floods.

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Persistent drought turns Golden State brown

Persistent drought turns Golden State brown

Last year was California's driest on record. So far, 2014 is no better.

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Polar vortex drives Great Lakes to highest ice cover in 20 years

Polar vortex drives Great Lakes to highest ice cover in 20 years

Paul Huttner and Jay Austin from the Large Lake Observatory at the University of Minnesota-Duluth join Kerri Miller to discuss what early ice cover means for the lakes.

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From a warm year to a warmer one? Maybe

From a warm year to a warmer one? Maybe

The new year has a shot at being the warmest on record.

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Could major US cities run out of water?

Could major US cities run out of water?

Some major US cities are facing the possibility of running out of water as populations grow and strain the supply.

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