Mid-July to mid-August is when crops in the Midwest release the most water because of the combination of their maturity and ...

The combination of corn sweat, the exhalation of water vapor through leaves, and a heat dome is bringing dangerously hot ...

It’s not that corn sweats more than other plants — an acre releases less moisture on average than, say, a large oak tree — ...

If these dog days of summer are feeling a little more stifling this year, you can blame it on crops in the midwest.

In Iowa, corn pumps out "a staggering 49 to 56 billion gallons of water into the atmosphere each day" throughout the state, ...

Corn sweat. Yes, the term for how the crop can drive up the humidity through a process called evapotranspiration is a thing. How much of a thing is corn sweat, though?

The process is known as evapotranspiration, which is how plants, including corn, release water vapor into the atmosphere.

An acre of corn can release 3,000 to 4,000 gallons of water into the atmosphere a day, increasing humidity levels.

The millions of acres of corn grown in states like Ohio, Illinois and Iowa perspire just like any other plant. A single acre ...

Another heat wave is expected in Wisconsin this week. Here's how a scientific process nicknamed "corn sweat" could be making ...

Growing season is the peak time for corn sweat, especially in the mid to late summer, according to the National Weather ...