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MPR News meteorologist Paul Huttner with the latest research on our changing climate.

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Burning fossil fuels is one of the primary drivers of climate change, releasing large amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, causing changes including increased temperatures and extreme weather events here in the Midwest.

But recent researc... more

Warmer waters building in the tropical Pacific Ocean are suggesting an El Nino event developing late this year. Forecasts predict an event range from a moderate El Nino, to a so-called Super El Nino event, which could have dramatic effects on weather... more

The transportation sector is a large contributor to climate change, accounting for about 28 percent of total U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. Within that sector, aviation accounts for around 2 percent of carbon dioxide global emissions, according to th... more

Fossil fuels are by far the largest contributor to global climate change, accounting for nearly 90 percent of all carbon dioxide emissions. But there are people here in Minnesota working on solutions for managing those emissions.

MPR News chief mete... more

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Recent Guests

Eric Seabloom
Professor, University of Minnesota College of Biological Sciences
University of Minnesota
Episode: How a Minnesota research team finds carbon a home in retired croplands
Andrew Freedman
Senior reporter for Climate & Weather at CNN
CNN
Episode: El Niño could affect Minnesota's weather this year
Mitch Hunter
Co-director of the Forever Green Initiative; adjunct assistant professor at the University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota
Episode: How cover crops are creating renewable jet fuel
Paul Dauenhauer
University of Minnesota Distinguished McKnight University Professor
University of Minnesota / Carba
Episode: How a Minnesota startup is taking carbon out of the atmosphere
Jennifer Schmitt
Senior Research Scientist at the University of Minnesota's Institute on the Environment
University of Minnesota
Episode: What's the carbon 'hoofprint' of the American beef industry?
Will Steger
World-renowned polar explorer
Episode: The impact of climate change on Earth's polar regions
Dave Hage
Co-author of the book Sea of Grass, focusing on the American Prairie
Episode: What impact does the American prairie have on our climate?
Martin Froger Silva
Digital Content Coordinator with the University of Minnesota Climate Adaptation Partnership
University of Minnesota
Episode: Minnesota researchers drill for million-year-old ice in Antarctica
Jordan Haedtler
Climate financial policy strategist with Climate Cabinet based in Duluth
Climate Cabinet
Episode: How climate change is driving up the cost of home insurance

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Paul Huttner
MPR News Chief Meteorologist with extensive experience in climate reporting.

Reviews

4.7 out of 5 stars from 116 ratings
  • Great Show!

    Thanks Paul and staff for always bringing interesting and informative topics to our attention. I also appreciate the short timeframe, which fits nicely in today’s busy world.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    ycjih
    United States2 months ago
  • Climate matters

    Plus: your broadcast, points to the effects of CC locally with great effect. Negative: your broadcast, fails miserably at pointing fingers at the causes of CC. My quote: “fossil fuels are our destruction”! Neutral: people want/need hope. I grew up knowing our world would end in nuclear winter. Now I “believe” our end is a CO2 summer. I was wrong the first time; let’s keep our fingers crossed! I recommend a podcast called “Drilled”. Because!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Musing by Me
    United States2 years ago
  • Great podcast

    Thanks for the variety of content

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    cjtannu
    United States3 years ago
  • My Favorite Climate Podcast

    Excellent topics. Impactful, but brief. Always interesting guests who leave an imprint and reinforce what I’m doing to reduce CO2. Thanks for all that you do!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Caran Quinn
    United States4 years ago
  • Climate matters

    Plus: your broadcast, points to the effects of CC locally with great effect.

    Negative: your broadcast, fails miserably at pointing fingers at the causes of CC. My quote: “fossil fuels are our destruction”!

    Neutral: people want/need hope. I grew up knowing our world would end in nuclear winter. Now I “believe” our end is a CO2 summer. I was wrong the first time; let’s keep our fingers crossed! I recommend a podcast called “Drilled”. Because!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Musing by Me
    United States6 years ago

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How a Minnesota research team finds carbon a home in retired croplands
Q: How does carbon get pulled from the atmosphere and stored in soil and plant matter?
Plants extract carbon dioxide via photosynthesis using sunlight, converting it into biomass; when plants die or roots decompose, this carbon can accumulate in soils, providing a long-term reservoir.
How a Minnesota research team finds carbon a home in retired croplands
Q: Eric, how is this technique part of the larger mosaic of climate solutions?
Grasslands are a crucial, often overlooked part of nature-based solutions; unlike forests, most carbon in grasslands is stored below ground, offering a resilient carbon sink that can endure disturbances.
How a Minnesota research team finds carbon a home in retired croplands
Q: All right, and tell us about the scope of the project.
The research site covers thousands of acres at Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve, focusing on retired farmlands to determine how soil carbon stores change when farming stops and natural vegetation is allowed to recover.
El Niño could affect Minnesota's weather this year
Q: How about a little inside baseball? How is CNN and other networks these days focused on the growing extreme weather that we're seeing, the climate and economic impacts of climate change?
The guest notes CNN is expanding its extreme weather and climate reporting teams to cover evolving impacts from multiple angles, including the link between climate change and more extreme events, and the broader coverage strategy around these trends.
El Niño could affect Minnesota's weather this year
Q: Talk a little about how successful, first of all, the science of these seasonal weather forecasts around these El Niño-La Niña cycles have become over the past few decades?
The guest explains that forecasting and monitoring have improved significantly, with more reliable signals emerging as we move into summer, though there remains variability and caveats around early-year forecasts.

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