A phenomenon called "corn sweat" could exacerbate the impacts of the extreme heat blanketing a large portion of the United States, according to experts. The process -- known by the scientific term ...

Ohio University explains on its website that the phrase "corn sweat" refers to the process of plants – in this case, corn – moving water to their surface and releasing it into the air as vapor. The ...

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 ...

What is "corn sweat" and how could it worsen the dangerous heat being felt across the Chicago area this week? All of northern Illinois is under an excessive heat warning on Tuesday, but a phenomenon ...

It's that time of year again when you may hear the phrase "corn sweat" tossed around in times of high heat and humidity. But what does the phrase actually mean? And how will the phenomenon affect the ...

We love eating corn any time of year, but summer corn is special. For a few months, you can skip the frozen and canned stuff and eat the corn straight off the cob. It's sweet and juicy and delicious ...

This week's heat wave has brought excessive heat warnings, heat advisories and even school cancellations across Wisconsin and the upper Midwest. This intense heat was largely caused by an upper ridge ...

As the Midwest faces a grueling heat wave, one plant is making the conditions worse: corn. Thousands of gallons of water, or “corn sweat,” are produced each summer day by corn crops. That moisture can ...

Learn how to nixtamalize corn, nixtamalization history, and why this process creates more nutrition for us to absorb. In fall of 2023, when Marissa Ames, former editor-in-chief of MOTHER EARTH NEWS, ...