Climate Cast ®

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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August 15, 2013 12:00 PM

How climate change affects global poverty

The World Bank says it can't fight poverty effectively if climate change keeps on its current course.

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August 7, 2013 3:00 PM

Cities begin to plan for climate change

2012 was record-setting year, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's 2012 State of the Climate report.

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July 31, 2013 3:00 PM

Warming waters lead to cannibalistic lobsters

Species are not evolving fast enough to cope with climate change, according to a new study from the University of Arizona in Tucson.

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July 25, 2013 12:30 PM

How warming is killing off the trees that helped keep us cool

Pine bark beetles, now surviving the winters that once killed them, are destroying Western forests. And they're headed this way.

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July 18, 2013 11:00 AM

Climate scientists cooperate to fend off legal, personal challenges

Some big names in climate science have come under attack, says a colleague.

by John Abraham

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July 11, 2013 11:00 AM

Climate change may drive Marshall Islands the way of Atlantis

Just barely above sea level, the South Pacific islands face an increasingly uncertain future.

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June 19, 2013 3:00 PM

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.