Signal: increased allergies
Warm weather illnesses moving north in the United States

Warm weather illnesses moving north in the United States

by on 04. Apr, 2011 in Uncategorized

If physicians want evidence of climate change, they may well find it in their own offices. Patients are presenting with illnesses that once happened only in warmer areas. Chronic conditions are becoming aggravated by more frequent and extended heat waves. Allergy and asthma seasons are getting longer. Spates of injuries are resulting from more intense [...]

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Ragweed season now longer, more intense in North America

by on 22. Feb, 2011 in Uncategorized

Original study at http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2011/02/11/1014107108.abstract

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Warming temps driving up pollen production and allergies

by on 17. Nov, 2010 in Uncategorized

“Global warming is having an effect on people’s allergies,” Ziska, a Ph.D. plant physiologist with the USDA in Beltsville, Maryland, said in an interview following the CO2 symposium, which was funded by the Environmental Protection Agency. “From the initial data we have, it appears that there is a correlation between latitude and the length of [...]