The Pollen-ocalypse is coming. This video is presented by Hover. Get 10% off your first purchase by going to https://hover.com/vox Become a Video Lab member! http://bit.ly/video-lab Allergy season is upon us once again. And if it seems like your allergies are getting worse year after year, it’s not just your imagination. Pollen is a fine powder produced as part of the sexual reproductive cycle of many varieties of plants. As climate change warms the planet, pollen production is ramping up. And that’s becoming a problem, whether you suffer from seasonal allergies — or not. Sources & further reading: Why allergy season gets worse every year https://www.vox.com/2019/4/8/18300342/pollen-season-2019-allergies-climate-change Effects on pollen allergies on emergency room visits https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2018GH000153 Effects of temperature on pollen production in Northern Hemisphere https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2542519619300154?via%3Dihub&for-guid;=a3a12ea2-bd65-e711-b65f-90b11c343abd&utm;_source=usatoday-Climate%20Point&utm;_medium=email&utm;_campaign=narrative&utm;_term=article_body National Wildlife Federation report https://www.aafa.org/media/1634/extreme-allergies-global-warming-report-2010.pdf Climate Central report — Effect of CO2 on pollen production https://www.climatecentral.org/gallery/graphics/more-co2-more-pollen Note: The headline for this video has been updated since publishing. Previous headline: Climate change is making allergy season worse Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Check out http://www.vox.com. Watch our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyE Follow Vox on Facebook: http://goo.gl/U2g06o Or Twitter: http://goo.gl/XFrZ5H

• published: 23 May 2019
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