Climate Change Lengthens Pollen Season, Hits Allergy Sufferers

0:00On April 22nd, climate change is stretching out policies in across the UK and mainland Europe by one to two weeks since the 1990s, according to a new study in the Lancet Journal. Warmer temps and extra carbon dioxide are making plants like birch, alder, and olive trees released pollen earlier and in bigger amounts, with birch. Pollan severity jumping 14 to 20% in recent years. This hits tens of millions hard, ramping up hay fever misery from itchy eyes and runny noses to serious health risks and experts call it a daily drag on everyday life for allergy sufferers. The report also flags rising heat deaths of 52 per million people, more droughts, and spreading diseases but shows winds too. Pollution deaths dropping 58% in the EU since 2000. Shifting fossil fuel subsidies, now at 444 billion euros last year, to clean energy could cut these risks fast and researchers. Many Europe still got time to act before the windowslam shed.