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Will Calif. drought force residents to leave the state?

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Climate Cast
Every Thursday, MPR meteorologist Paul Huttner joins The Daily Circuit to talk about the latest research on our changing climate and the consequences we're seeing here in Minnesota and worldwide.
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More than half of the state of California is experiencing an "exceptional drought". The hot and dry conditions there can be blamed in part on climate change and in part on weather cycles that have occurred in the American west for thousands of years.

On this week's Climate Cast, we explore why people may have to start migrating out of California as water shortages change the face of agriculture and industry there.