Climate Change is Already Making Allergy Season Nastier — And It's Going to Get Worse
The new study found that allergy season would stretch even longer and the total amount of pollen would skyrocket. How long and how much depends on the particular pollen, the location and how much greenhouse gas emissions are put in the air.
Already about 30% of the world and 40% of American children suffer pollen allergies, which hurt the economy through lost work days and medical costs, said University of Michigan climate researcher Yingxiao Zhang, lead author of the new study. Allergy season is upon us, so we asked Dr. Richard Wasserman, medical director for Pediatric Allergy & Immunology at Medical City Children’s Hospital, to answer our top 10 questions about allergies.
The start of alder tree pollen season will move most dramatically, an issue in the Pacific Northwest. Cypress tree pollen — which is especially bad in Texas — will see among the biggest increases.
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