Increased temps felt all across the Corn Belt, an area touching southern Minnesota, could be because of a crop.

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

High temperatures across the peninsula are leaving many people sweating. But one crop can also 'sweat' in high temperatures: ...

Actual corn sweat is an agricultural phenomenon that compounds humidity and heat in Illinois. This corn sweat, on the other ...

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

The meteorological factors that have generated our sweltering heat are common for the central United States in the summer, ...

The National Weather Service issued a heat advisory for Friday, predicting the heat index will hover around 100 degrees for ...

More than 100 million Americans are under heat alerts as the extreme temperatures that have smothered the Midwest this week ...

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

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

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 ...