SMART Talks: Writing about Climate Change

Session Introduction: Climate change can be looked at through many different lenses: by way of actual mitigation and adaptation projects, or by way of the literary imagination. This talk brings together two genres of writing: science journalism and literary criticism. We'll discuss a collaboration between NASA and the Navajo Nation, resulting in a Drought Severity Evaluation Tool, as well as three novels exploring environmental justice, attending to the craft of writing as well as the ethical questions posed by climate catastrophes.