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07-21-2016, 10:49 PM
'Corn sweat' heat domes are becoming more common due to global warming
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The heat wave currently baking the midsection of the country has turned portions of at least 21 states into a sauna, with unusually high humidity with air temperatures running up to 20 degrees Fahrenheit above average.
On Wednesday, as high temperatures reached the mid-90s all the way into southern Canada, dew points that exceeded an astonishing 80 degrees Fahrenheit sent the heat index — which measures how hot it feels to the human body — soaring into the 100s.*
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On Thursday, similar conditions are predicted for much of the corn belt, where evapotranspiration from corn fields is boosting the amount of moisture in the air. This phe**me**n, k**wn as "corn sweat," is helping to make the heat more unbearable in states like Iowa and Minnesota, in particular. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/21/corn-sweat-heat-wave-global-warming/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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The heat wave currently baking the midsection of the country has turned portions of at least 21 states into a sauna, with unusually high humidity with air temperatures running up to 20 degrees Fahrenheit above average.
On Wednesday, as high temperatures reached the mid-90s all the way into southern Canada, dew points that exceeded an astonishing 80 degrees Fahrenheit sent the heat index — which measures how hot it feels to the human body — soaring into the 100s.*
SEE ALSO: The climate that most of us grew up with is gone for good (http://mashable.com/2016/07/20/climate-of-20th-century-gone-for-good/?utm_campaign=Mash-BD-Synd-Tango-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-BD-Synd-Tango-All-Partial)
On Thursday, similar conditions are predicted for much of the corn belt, where evapotranspiration from corn fields is boosting the amount of moisture in the air. This phe**me**n, k**wn as "corn sweat," is helping to make the heat more unbearable in states like Iowa and Minnesota, in particular. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/21/corn-sweat-heat-wave-global-warming/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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