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In this hour-long edition of Climate Cast, 

 and Meteorologist Paul Huttner take a close look at the ice on the Earth's poles. 

New data shows Arctic sea ice levels are at 

 for the month of March and scientists are understanding more about how a warming Arctic 

We also go along with a glaciologist as she studies a boulder field in Uganda for clues to the way the world warmed and cooled in the ancient past.

How a remote Alaskan village faces climate change

We talked to Edward Itta, the former mayor of 

 and and an Inupiat Tribal leader, who is seeing firsthand climate change.

How have the patterns changed in your lifetime?

Edward Itta on observed climate change in Alaska by MPR News

Is it a reality that some native peoples are relocating entire villages along the arctic coast?

Edward Itta on Alaskan villages moving due to climate change by MPR News

What message do you have from the arctic people to the rest of us in the lower 48 states?

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In this hour-long edition of Climate Cast, we look at arctic sea ice, Alaskan villages facing climate change head on and a boulder field in Uganda that offers ancient clues to our changing planet.

Kerri Miller and Meteorologist Paul Huttner take a close look at the ice on the Earth's poles. New data shows Arctic sea ice levels are at record lows for the month of March and scientists are understanding more about how a warming Arctic causes summer heat waves elsewhere on the planet.

Climate Cast: Winter arctic sea ice nears all-time low

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