Pollen season 2023: Severe early start with tolerable continuation

Medicine & Science This year, the pollen count started about a month earlier than the long-term average; and with some force. Fortunately, birch and ash will not continue this trend. Allergy sufferers can expect a rather mild season, although the intensity of the impact cannot yet be predicted. The reason for this "up and down" is climate change, which confuses plants and has an impact on people with pollen allergies as well as asthma. Because: Global warming brings with it changes in weather conditions such as milder winters and more extreme weather events. Experts explained the background and consequences of this at today's press conference held by the Austrian Pollen Warning Service at MedUni Vienna and the IGAV (Interest Group for Allergen Prevention) information platform and presented the new "Asthma Weather" and "Thunderstorm Warning" services in the pollen app. Increasingly, pollen allergy sufferers are being troubled by global warming.