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 ...

In these hot & humid conditions we've been experiencing, you will probably hear more the term "corn sweat" during this time ...

As Ellen Bacca, chief meteorologist at Nexstar’s WOOD, explains, corn and crops “sweat” just like humans when they become hot. Unlike humans, plants bring water from their roots and release it into ...

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

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

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

With this added moisture in the atmosphere, it can make an already hot day feel even hotter when you factor in the humidity.

Corn is "sweating" just like us during this heat wave, releasing up to 4,000 gallons of moisture per acre each day. Farmers, ...

We sent WNDU First Alert Meteorologist Jack Van Meter in search of the answer. He gives us both sides of the “corn sweat” debate.

According to the Weather Channel, the moisture released by corn plants contributes to increased humidity, which can make hot ...

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