As spring brings warmer air, millions of Americans face a surge in seasonal allergies due to unprecedented pollen levels, significantly worsened by climate change. Atlanta has reported record pollen counts, with Houston also experiencing its highest levels since 2013. The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America forecasts 2025 to be particularly challenging for allergy sufferers, driven by climate change impacts that have resulted in earlier, more intense, and prolonged pollen seasons. This increase in pollen affects nearly one in three adults and one in four children, contributing to economic burdens as productivity is lost to allergy symptoms.
The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America projects that 2025 will be yet another brutal year for seasonal allergies across the country, particularly in the southern US.
In the springtime, the first pollen allergens are from trees, and that is starting 20 days earlier than it did 30 years ago.
Rising concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are directly inducing plants to produce more pollen while extending the temperature conditions that trigger pollen production in plants.
We hear all the time, 'I've never had allergies before, and now I suddenly feel like I have allergies,' and that's because the allergic load is that much higher.
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