Climate Cast

The Mississippi River reached record lows in the southern U.S. this fall causing major problems for the 60% of U.S. grain harvest that’s typically shipped down America’s largest river.

The United Nations’ COP27 global climate summit of world leaders takes place this week. And the need for global cooperation against climate change is more urgent than ever.

The University of Minnesota’s Forever Green Initiative is developing special crops that can improve crop productivity and fight climate change. One of which is a hybrid hazelnut grown regeneratively that’s packed with flavor and good for the environment.

There are now 12.7 million jobs worldwide in renewable energy including 700,000 new jobs in the past year alone. The growth of renewable jobs has been impressive but how long can this boom last?

Forestry and climate experts say Minnesota’s extreme whiplash between soggy years and extreme drought recently is killing our trees.

Hydrogen may be a lesser-known climate-friendly fuel solution — but it’s gaining traction quickly.

There are about 6 million acres of peatlands in Minnesota — nearly 10% of our state. And it turns out, peat bogs have climate change fighting superpowers.

Carbon dioxide gets most of the climate change headlines but methane has 82 times more warming potential than carbon dioxide over a 20-year timespan.

The summer of 2022 was marked by floods, droughts, and hurricanes. How did climate change supercharge these events?

How are small towns building clean energy futures? L. Michelle Moore, author of “Rural Renaissance: Revitalizing America’s Hometowns through Clean Power,” shares examples of how rural towns are taking on the biggest ideas to transform our energy systems.