Climate change is making allergy season last longer
RECREATION TRAIL. WELL, SNIFFLE SEASON IS HERE. RECENT STRONG WIND AND BLOWING DUST OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS CAUSING PROBLEMS IN NEW MEXICO. BUT WE ARE NOT THE ONLY STATE STRUGGLING. 87% OF U.S. CITIES SAY ALLERGY SEASON IS LASTING LONGER. 81 MILLION AMERICANS ARE DEALING WITH PUFFY EYES AND A RUNNY NOSE AS CLIMATE CHANGE PROGRESSES, AND THE HEAT KEEPS INCREASING, THE TEMPERATURE KEEPS INCREASING AND THE POLLUTION THE CO2 IN THE AIR. YOU KNOW, THE PREDICTION IS THAT ALLERGY SEASON WILL KEEP GETTING WORSE BECAUSE ALL THOSE FACTORS ARE STILL AT PLAY, PRODUCING MORE POLLEN AND ALSO HAVING A LONGER EXPOSURE TO THEM, JOHNSON SAYS. TO TRY AND AVOID POLLEN, GETTING INTO YOUR S
Climate change is making allergy season last longer
Research predicts more pollen production as temperatures rise
Updated: 9:30 PM MDT Apr 26, 2025
If it seems like allergy season is getting worse and longer every year, you aren’t mistaken.Eighty-one million Americans suffer from allergies, and 87% of people living in cities say the allergy season is getting longer, according to an analysis of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration data by Climate Central.”As climate change progresses — the temperature keep increasing and the CO2 in the air — the prediction is, allergy season will keep getting worse because all these factors are still at play, producing more pollen and also having a longer exposure to them,” said Mary Margaret Johnson, principal research scientist at Harvard University’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health.For those who have allergies, Johnson recommends wearing a mask outdoors to reduce the amount of pollen that you take into your body during allergy season.
If it seems like allergy season is getting worse and longer every year, you aren’t mistaken.
Eighty-one million Americans suffer from allergies, and 87% of people living in cities say the allergy season is getting longer, according to an analysis of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration data by Climate Central.
“As climate change progresses — the temperature keep increasing and the CO2 in the air — the prediction is, allergy season will keep getting worse because all these factors are still at play, producing more pollen and also having a longer exposure to them,” said Mary Margaret Johnson, principal research scientist at Harvard University’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
For those who have allergies, Johnson recommends wearing a mask outdoors to reduce the amount of pollen that you take into your body during allergy season.