Climate Change Will Send Pollen Count Soaring

[marmar]

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network


LONDON—Scientists have identified a new hazard that will arrive as a result of climate change: a huge increase in hay fever and pollen allergies.

A team of researchers from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, US, report in the Public Library of Science journal PLOS One that as man-made carbon dioxide and low-level ozone levels rise, so will grass pollen production and allergen exposure—by up to 200%.

Many predictions of the problems of global warming are, in effect, simulations: researchers take a climate model, add a few parameters, identify a trend or isolate a possibility, and run it forward to see what happens. Using such techniques, researchers have predicted that heat extremes themselves will present health hazards, and have confirmed that cutting CO2 emissions will certainly save lives. ..............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/climate_change_will_send_pollen_count_soaring_20141109

[bravenak]

1. Not awesome!!

Me and my kids can barely stand the spring as it is.
I need a better antihistamine that lets me stay awake.