Climate, Allergies, and Humans

What a weird weather week for May, eh? Well, it's now June, but still. 90s? In Northern NH? My goodness, but last night's brief t-storm and steady, soaking rain was a relief. The kind of relief, say, we need/feel in mid-July. Either way, my garden (and water bill) are happier. It's about 55 degrees at the moment (6:34 am), and the air feels cooler, less intense.

There was a rebroadcast from 2021 on Science Friday yesterday of an interview with a climate scientist who was talking about the shift in our weather/temps; we should expect warmer summers, with somewhere between 50-60% chance of extreme heat episodes. This is a trend that has been building for a few decades, as tracked by pollen records. It seems that the warmer climate causes plants to become bigger, and the blossoms bigger, and the pollen season is also extended--leading to more intense and longer allergy seasons for those who are affected-- mainly in grasses and tree pollen. They have been tracking this for only about 30 years, which is nuts because the other particulate matter in the air has been far more diligently tracked, they were saying. 

Humans will have to adapt, or wear (gasp!) a filtering mask. In the meantime, we could try to stop poisoning the earth. See how that goes. 

Have a good day, and breathe easy--

C