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Climate Cast
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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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Climate change may drive Marshall Islands the way of Atlantis
Just barely above sea level, the South Pacific islands face an increasingly uncertain future.
Selectively targeting aerosol pollutants could reduce climate change
A study released last week concludes that if every country were to do what California has done in the last couple of decades to clean up diesel emissions, it would slow down global warming by 15 percent.
Agreement with China seen as significant step
Deal described as "biggest, fastest, cheapest" initiative available.
As Arctic ice shrinks, climate worries grow
What role does Arctic ice play in the weather we've been experiencing?
Want to blame climate change for killer twisters? Not so fast
It's not clear what relationship, if any, may exist between killer tornadoes and climate change.
Freak May snowstorm is weather, not climate
Paul Huttner sees clues that "all seem to be pointing in the same direction," but he won't draw conclusions from a single event.
Local warming? They see it in China
Scientists trace China's warmer weather to local greenhouse gases.
'Arctic amplification' may have caused our prolonged winter
It's possible that our current seemingly endless winter could be in part caused by a loss of Arctic sea ice.