A record-setting heat blast that swept across the Midwest this week has been made worse by the region's vast fields of cornstalks. Through a natural process commonly called "corn sweat," water ...

Due to the current weather in the Midwest, evapotranspiration (ET) is being called ‘Corn Sweat’ and for good reason. One single acre of corn can release up to 3,000 gallons of water per day ...

Mitzvah Garden KC in the Kansas City area lost most of its honeybee colonies this year. Beekeeper Robert Burns suspects it's due to pesticide exposure and recent dry weather that impacted the bees' ...

Scientific American reported the moisture from “corn sweat” during this heat wave is raising dew points as high as the 60s and 70s, with some areas reaching the low 80s. Further Reading ...

The evapotranspiration of the crops – or, in layman's terms, the "corn sweat" – increases the moisture in the atmosphere, creating hot and humid conditions. Skip Navigation Share on Facebook ...

But in parts of the Midwest, some beekeepers are struggling to keep their bees alive. “The Midwest can be a really challenging landscape for honeybees and other pollinators,” said Randall Cass ...

As a dangerous heat wave swept across the Midwest, including Michigan, on Tuesday, journalists were trying to work corn sweat into their reports.You might have never heard of it before unless you ...

During the growing season, an acre of corn sweats off about 3,000 to 4,000 gallons of water each day, the U.S. Geological Survey says. Top corn-producing states in the Midwest grow thousands, or ...

The corn sweat that contributed to the heatwave during the last week of August over much of the Midwest pushed dew points "as high as the 60s and 70s," even reaching "the low 80s" in some places ...

Recent muggy weather in the Midwest has more people talking about “corn sweat.” The phrase describes how corn releases moisture as it grows, which can contribute to humidity.

Corn sweat is real. Corn draws in water, then releases it into the air through evaporation. And all that moisture produced by more than 90 million acres of corn nationwide can make it more humid.