When Dr. Stanley Fineman started as an allergist, he told patients to start taking medications and prepare for pollen season in the middle of March. That was about 40 years ago. Today, he tells them to start around the middle of February. Since 1990, pollen season across the United States and Canada has been starting earlier, about 20 days earlier. And pollen loads, the amount of pollen released by plants, are 21 percent higher. The main reason for this, a new study found, is global warming. Other studies have shown North America’s allergy season getting longer and worse. But this one, published in the Proceedings of the National Academies of Sciences, has the most complete information coming from 60 reporting stations.
Title: Global Warming Causes Earlier Pollen Season
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the middle of February.</span> <span data-start-time='24625' data-end-time='35875'>Since 1990, pollen season across the United States and Canada has been starting earlier, about 20 days earlier.</span> <span data-start-time='35875' data-end-time='43833'>And pollen loads, the amount of pollen released by plants, are 21 percent higher.</span> <span data-start-time='43833' data-end-time='50438'>The main reason for this, a new study found, is global warming.</span> <span data-start-time='50438' data-end-time='58625'>Other studies have shown North America’s allergy season getting longer and worse.</span> <span data-start-time='58625' data-end-time='72688'>But this one, published in the Proceedings of the National Academies of Sciences, has the most complete information coming from 60 reporting stations.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' 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