Grant Burningham

A new book looks at what used to be the bottom of Lake Powell — and finds a glimmer of optimism in the decline of the reservoir.

Author Paolo Bacigalupi imagined a horrible future in which water management goes wrong in the West nearly 10 years ago in “The Water Knife.”

Kim Stanley Robinson’s recent fiction has been focused on climate change and adapting. He will be speaking Thursday, March 16, at Kingsbury Hall on the University of Utah campus.

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