The Heartland Environmental Alliance for Resilience & Transformation (HEART) – Improving the Lives and Livelihoods of People Across the Heartland Through Environmental Change Resilience Research, Education, and Outreach
Abstract HEART is a university‐led alliance of institutions, agencies, and industries committed to voicing the needs of the states in the central land area of the US and advancing research to develop innovative environmental solutions that strengthen communities and support policymakers to improve the lives and livelihoods of people across the Heartland. The Heartland is the “Breadbasket” of the Nation and home to the nation's largest aquifer and largest river basin. However, the Heartland is highly vulnerable to the impacts of our changing environment. HEART aims to leverage and amplify the existing strengths of the members to develop robust, open, transformative solutions for mitigation of and resiliency to environmental changes threatening the region's water, food, and energy security. We are excited by the possibilities of HEART and welcome further engagement and suggestions.
Authors
- Aliasger K. Salem (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1923-6633)
- Eric Hunt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7937-5611)
- Charles O. Stanier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9924-0853)
- Jun Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7334-0490)
- R. Bradley Pierce (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2767-1643)
- Tyson E. Ochsner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0875-4491)
- Robert Swap (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4353-4163)
- Joshua K. Roundy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0328-3248)
- Matthew J. McGill (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5486-3811)
- Jesse Eugene Bell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5011-9614)
- Jesse D. Berman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3037-556X)
- Ana P. Barros (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4606-3106)
- Jerry Wegiel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6300-6077)
- James Rattling Leaf
- Chance Morgan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8537-2502)
- Gregory R. Carmichael
- Daniel R. Wildcat (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3503-4975)
- H Miller
- Dennis S. Ojima (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8923-0969)
Institutions
- University of Nebraska–Lincoln (US)
- Oklahoma State University (US)
- University of Iowa (US)
- University of Minnesota (US)
- Goddard Space Flight Center (US)
- Climate Central (US)
- University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
- University of Kansas (US)
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (US)
- University of Colorado Boulder (US)
- Nebraska Indian Community College (US)
- University of Oklahoma (US)
- Haskell Indian Nations University (US)
- Colorado State University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Perspectives of Earth and Space Scientists
- Published
- 2025-04-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1029/2024cn000271
- Primary Topic
- Climate change impacts on agriculture
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00