Featuring David Cwiertny, professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Iowa. Agriculture is ingrained into Iowa culture. But it is also at the root of Iowa's environmental degradation. Runoff pollutes waterways with animal waste and chemicals, and water treatment plants just can't keep up.

Culture of Cultivation: Matters of the State

Climate change knows no borders, has no bounds. Here in the Midwest, climate change influences every aspect of our society. It pollutes the air we breathe, depletes the water we drink, and controls the food we consume. Heating Up investigates the impacts of the climate crisis on America's Heartland, hearing from scientists, farmers, scholars, politicians, and local community members. Heating Up gives you scientific facts, untold stories, and compelling solutions to the climate crisis.