How climate change will affect people with allergies

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Scientists from the Rutgers Institute for Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences were able to model how climate change will affect the distribution of two allergens in the United States. This is oak and ragweed pollen.

Using computer models, a team of experts led by Panos Georgopoulos from the Rutgers School of Public Health found out what consequences climate change will have for allergy sufferers living in the United States.

It turned out that by 2050, due to global warming, the amount of pollen carried by the air will increase. At the same time, it will be abundant in some areas where it is historically rare, writes Medical Xpress.

The results of the study also showed that even with moderate warming, the pollen season will start earlier. In addition, it will last longer throughout the United States and the average pollen concentration in most states of the country will increase.

So, the average concentration of oak pollen may increase by more than 40% in the southwest and northeast. As for ragweed, its pollen concentration may increase by more than 20% in these areas.