All plants have a self-cooling process called transpiration. It's essentially the plant version of sweating. When it's hot out, leaves release water through the pores in their leaves. That water ...

July and August is a common time of the year for extreme heat and humidity. One of the contributing factors is the mature corn crop releasing moisture into the atmosphere. One acre of mature corn can ...

If you’ve ever stepped outside during an Ohio Valley summer and wondered why it feels more like the Gulf Coast than the ...

Minnesota and Iowa are known for their sultry summer days, with enough heat and humidity to go around. But why does it get so ...

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

The process -- known by the scientific term "evapotranspiration" -- is the natural process by which plants move water from ...

KENTUCKY ( FOX 56) — As another round of hot and humid weather builds into the region, “corn sweat” could make it feel even more muggy. “Corn sweat” isn’t the official scientific term, but it refers ...

A phenomenon called "corn sweat" could exacerbate the impacts of the extreme heat blanketing a large portion of the U.S., ...

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 ...

The increased humidity levels caused by “corn sweat” can influence local microclimates, affecting temperature, cloud ...