What is corn sweat and how is it adding to muggy, humid Midwestern temperatures

Published: Aug 26, 2024 Duration: 00:01:45 Category: News & Politics
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ORECAST. OKAY. WE'LL SEE YOU THEN. LOOK, TURNS OUT CORN ALSO HAS AN IMPACT ON MCGINNIS OUT THEIR LOCAL 5. SAMANTHA PETTERS EXPLAINS CORN SWEAT. >> CORN, SWEAT. THEY HAVE DONE RESEARCH AND THAT IS CALLED IF APPLE TRANSPORATION OR JUST TRANSPORATION. SO CORN SWEATS TO. BUT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? CHRIS CLARK WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN EXTENSION BREAKS IT DOWN. IT IS THE PLANTS REACTING TO THAT WARMER WEATHER. >> AND SO THEY ALSO NEED MORE MOISTURE. AND SO THEY'RE UP TAKING MORE FROM THE AGAIN, STORED UNDERGROUND WATER AND BRINGING THAT UP TO THE THE ATMOSPHERE THAT WE'RE IN. CLARK ALSO TELLS ME LARGE-SCALE FIELDS OF CORN LIKE THE ONE YOU SEE BEHIND RELEASING WATER THROUGH THEIR LEAVES, CAN BOOST HUMIDITY LEVELS MAKING PEOPLE FEEL HOTTER. SAYING ONE ACRE OF CORN CAN ADD 3 TO 4,000 GALLONS OF WATER A DAY TO THE ATMOSPHERE. ONE ACRE TO PUT IN PERSPECTIVE IS LIKE A FOOTBALL FIELD. WHAT IT'S DOING IS TAKING UP. >> WATER FROM THE SOIL AND IT'S ALSO OBTAINING NUTRIENTS FROM THAT USING IT IN PHOTOSYNTHESIS TO MAKE SUGARS TO PUT ON A NICE. >> REPRODUCTIVE COB OF CORN CLERK OVER THE WEEKEND SAYING COURT IN THE STATE'S SOUTH, WISCONSIN, INCLUDING ILLINOIS AND IOWA ARE DOING THE SAME THING. IT DOES USUALLY HIT ABOUT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR IN THIS AUGUST TIME FRAME JUST BECAUSE ALL OF THE SURROUNDING STATES AND ALL OF OUR LOCAL VEGETATION IS ITS AT ITS FULLEST GROWTH, POTENTIAL AND CORNSTALKS THROUGHOUT THE AREA HAVE REACHED THEIR FULL SIZE, MEANING THEY'RE NOW LETTING GO OF THE EXCESS MOISTURE AHEAD OF THEIR REPRODUCTIVE PHASES. SO THE WARMER, THE TEMPERATURE, THE SWEATY OR THE CORN IN GREEN BAY, SAMANTHA PETTERS, LOCAL 5 NEWS. >> AND SAMANTHA REMINDS US THE SAME WAY. CORNYN OTHER PLANTS ARE DRINKING MORE

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