Get ready to buy a few more tissue boxes this spring. New research at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City shows that allergies are beginning earlier and are stronger due to a warming climate.
Researchers say rapid climate change has led to an at least 20-day extension of allergy seasons and an increase in the amount of pollen in the air.
An electron microscopy image of ragweed pollen reveals the fine details of a type of microspore that researchers say is more prevalent in our air due to rapidly accelerating climate change. (Courtesy of Lewis Ziska)
(CN) The acceleration of climate change is linked to a host of mounting health and safety challenges in communities around the world. Now, the current warming trend is also to blame for extended allergy seasons worldwide, according to a study released Monday that brings distressing news for those who struggle with seasonal allergies.
Pollen seasons are 20 days longer and feature 21% more pollen than in 1990 meaning three extra weeks of itchy, sneezy, drippy misery.
The researchers found that human-caused climate change played a significant role in pollen season lengthening and a partial role in pollen amount increasing.
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