Studies have found that warming temperature plays an “important role” in extending pollen season and plays a “partial role” in pollen uptake.
He says climate change has led to an allergy season starting 20 days earlier, with stronger pollen concentrations of up to 21 percent across.
Given how beneficial green spaces have been – especially during the events of the past year – it is not unique.
Research led by William Anderegg of the University of Utah’s School of Biological Sciences they concluded that this provides “a clear example of how climate change is already affecting the health of people across the US”.
Anderegg explains that many smaller-scale studies with similar responses have shown the tendency to use a model that monitors pollen uptake across the whole of America, in terms of warming temperature.
The study confirms that a formal discovery of the relationship there is an urgent need for climate change and allergies.
“Climate change is not far off and in the future. It is already here in every spring breath we take in and increasing human misery,” says Anderegg.
“The biggest question is – are we up to the challenge of tackling it?”
How allergies affect the way we live
This study confirms the impact of allergens on our overall respiratory health, which has become more important than ever in the past year. It also explains how allergies are adversely affected, namely higher hospital visits and lower school performance in children.
In addition, the issue is a problem for many people who do not currently have allergy problems.
“In general, the longer you are exposed to an allergen, the more likely you are to become sensitive to that allergen,” says expert Leonard Bielory.
The problem is certainly not prohibitive for the US, with the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Psychology estimates that half of Europeans will suffer from some form of allergy by 2025.
The Guardian is too labeled Tokyo, Melbourne and London are some of the world’s allergy sites.
Not the first of its kind
More than a decade ago, the American Asthma and Allergy Foundation released a study that showed similar effects, although their estimate of the allergy season was higher, at 27 days.
Union of Concerned Scientists describe global warming as “Miracle-Gro for herbs”.