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We're going on an American road trip, of sorts, for this week's Climate Cast.

We start in Jean Lafitte, a village in the Louisiana bayou that awaits the impending doom of rising ocean waters taking over the community.

Then we head to Minnesota's Lake Minnetonka where researchers are studying how warmer, shorter winters are affecting lakes come summertime.  

Finally, we end up in Montana's Glacier National Park. There, scientists have been documenting the final days of ice in the iconic park. 

 illustrate the scale of the destruction.

Left to Louisiana's tides, a village fights for time.

 by the New York Times and NOLA.com/The Times-Picayune, and it's not even a little bit over-dramatic. The sea 

 take over Jean Lafitte. There's no stopping it. The question now is how much public money to spend on delaying the inevitable. John Schwartz, a reporter on the story, tells Climate Cast host Paul Huttner about what he and his companions found.

Shorter winters might have a big effect on lakes in summers.

 And it might affect the fishing and how safe the water is in your favorite lake. Climate Cast digital producer Cody Nelson catches up with a researcher who's trying to figure out what is going on. Read the full story 

The last days of ice at Glacier National Park.

" for climate change. That's not a compliment in this case. Lisa McKeon, a U.S. Geological Survey biologist, has been photographing the dramatic changes at Glacier. She tells Huttner what she's seen. See below for 

, before and after the climate started its rapid warming.

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Plus, how shortening winters may affect lakes in Minnesota

We're taking an American road trip of sorts for this week's Climate Cast.

We start in Jean Lafitte, a village in the Louisiana bayou that awaits the impending doom of rising ocean waters taking over the community.

Then we head to Minnesota's Lake Minnetonka where researchers are studying how warmer, shorter winters are affecting lakes come summertime.  

Finally, we end up in Montana's Glacier National Park. There, scientists have been documenting the final days of glacial ice in the iconic park. 

To close the show, a bit of mac and cheese news.

Climate destruction, as seen in the bayou and Montana

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