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Worsening allergies aren’t your imagination − windy days create the perfect pollen storm

  • Written by Christine Cairns Fortuin, Assistant Professor of Forestry, Mississippi State University
Worsening allergies aren’t your imagination − windy days create the perfect pollen stormWindy days can mean more pollen and more sneezing.mladenbalinovac/E+ via Getty Images

Evolution has fostered many reproductive strategies across the spectrum of life. From dandelions to giraffes, nature finds a way.

One of those ways creates quite a bit of suffering for humans: pollen, the infamous male gametophyte of the plant kingdom.

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