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You’re Not Imagining It. Climate Change Is Making Allergy Seasons Start Earlier – ScienceAlert
Pollen grains from flowering plants were meant to fly, sometimes travelling hundreds of kilometres on the wind. Now it appears that the climate crisis has accelerated…
Pollen grains from flowering plants were meant to fly, sometimes travelling hundreds of kilometres on the wind. Now it appears that the climate crisis has accelerated that travel, making allergy season in some areas of the world start earlier, last longer, and get more severe each year.
In the past three decades, warmer temperatures from climate change have caused pollen season in North America to grow by as much as 20 days per year, scientists have noticed. At the same time, higher CO2 levels mean…
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