About this video: Journalist and author Jonathan Mingle discusses three central ideas from his recent book on black carbon, global warming, and its impact on a small Himalayan village. Norwich Associate Writing Professor Sean Prentiss introduces Mingle and the Norwich Writers Series. While Tara Kulkarni, an assistant professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and director of the university's Center for Global Resilience and Security, discusses how Mingle’s book and reading helps her students as academics, researchers, and citizens by cutting across disciplines—using story to connect climate change, people, and policy.