- Geohealth
Measuring the ways climate change can affect allergy season: methods and challenges
In another article, we discussed 3 Ways that climate change can affect pollen emissions. Here we describe the link to pollen allergies and how we can measure the disease burden.
It’s expected that climate change will lead to an increase in pollen and that this, in turn, will increase pollen allergies. This is for a number of reasons: an extended p…4 min
- Geohealth
Opportunities and Challenges in using machine learning to model pollen data
There are many types of pollen models simulating pollen emission and/or atmospheric transport of pollen to predict the amount of pollen at a given time at a given location. As pollen can be transported over larger areas, large-scale models that capture both local and transported pollen need to be developed. This requires large datasets. We need to…
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- Climate Change
Three ways that climate change can affect pollen emissions
Factors affecting pollen emissions
During the year, various plant species produce pollen grains in their reproduction cycle. They are tiny particles that are carried by open air currents and thus become distributed. The time when pollen are emitted differs per country and species. In the Netherlands, the pollen emission season occurs from winter …2 min







