Thursday, February 25, 2021

Allergy season starts earlier each year due to climate change and pollen transport


https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-02/f-ass021721.php

 

News Release 25-Feb-2021
Frontiers

 

Allergy sufferers are no strangers to problems with pollen. But now - due to climate change - the pollen season is lasting longer and starting earlier than ever before, meaning more days of itchy eyes and runny noses. Warmer temperatures cause flowers to bloom earlier, while higher CO2 levels cause more pollen to be produced.

The effects of climate change on the pollen season have been studied at-length, and according to some scientists, has grown by as much as 20 days in the past 30 years, at least in the US and Canada.


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