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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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New book traces 75-year history of U.S. military climate research
The U.S. military unearthed data about rising sea levels in the early 1950s — and has been closely watching this threat to national security ever since. MPR News chief meteorologist Paul Huttner and geoscientist Paul Bierman talk about climate research by the U.S. Military Forces.
Minnesota ‘red-tape experiment’ streamlines permitting process to achieve carbon-free grid
MPR News chief meteorologist Paul Huttner and journalist Allison Prang talk about Minnesota’s efforts to speed up the clean-energy permitting process so the state can achieve its goals.
Forget migration. Ducks are choosing to chill in Minnesota all winter long
MPR News chief meteorologist Paul Huttner talks Nick Halter, Twin Cities reporter at Axios, about the many reasons ducks are staying in Minnesota all winter.
Increasing greenhouse gas emissions may put Minnesota climate goals out of reach
MPR News chief meteorologist Paul Huttner talks with the Minnesota Star Tribune’s Walker Orenstein about Minnesota’s increasing greenhouse gas emissions.
Slowing climate change by ‘putting carbon back where it came from’
MPR News chief meteorologist Paul Huttner talks with Ben Grove, with the nonprofit Clean Air Task Force, about decarbonizing the atmosphere to address climate change.
Meteorologist travels to Antarctica to witness ice loss
MPR News meteorologists Paul Huttner and Sven Sundgaard talk about Antarctica, and how rising temperature are changing the environment for wild on land and sea.
Minnesota’s warming climate is making winter fun more dangerous
Warmer winters mean Midwesterners are losing weeks of lake ice cover over the season. MPR meteorologist Paul Huttner talks with Kristoffer Tigue, from Inside Climate News, about what that means for recreation.
Disasters in warm-weather states spur climate migration to Minnesota
California wildfires. Florida hurricanes. Texas heat. Some residents of these states say climate disasters are driving them to move to northern parts of the United States — including Minnesota.