Corn sweat is exactly what it sounds like: moisture given off by corn. With large swaths of corn fields in the Midwest and ...

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

It is “corn sweat” season. The biggest U.S. crop does influence our weather here in Michigan and across the Midwest. All ...

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

Corn sweat is a very real phenomenon, and the Midwest has to deal with the excess heat during the late-summer days because of ...

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 ...

A heat wave will hit Michigan later in the week and the state's corn fields will amplify the extreme temperatures.

Corn sweat. Yes, the term for how the crop can drive up the humidity through a process called evapotranspiration is a thing.

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

Blame it on the corn. Sweltering temperatures in Mid-Michigan have been soaring, partly because of a new phenomenon that’s been circulating recently, sometimes called “corn sweat.” ...

Just try not to think too much about corn sweat the next time you butter up a cob. Contact Frank Witsil: 313-222-5022 or [email protected].