Updated 40 mins ago AFP/Getty Images A total of 25 million in the United States suffer from some sort of seasonal allergies and it’s that time of the year when flowers are starting to bloom and trees are dropping plenty of pollen making our allergies flare-up. While we don’t often think of our changing climate as making our allergies worse there is a direct link. Check out the graph below and you can see from the year 2000 to 2020 we had increased amounts of pollen and how things could trend upward if we don’t reduce emissions. Download our mobile app for iOS or Android to get the latest breaking news and local stories.