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

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

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

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?

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

The heat wave baking the central United States this week may feel worse than those earlier in the summer, and corn is partly ...

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

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

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

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

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