this should make the bees happy
August 26th 2008 00:15
Or maybe not, maybe it means more work and no-one likes that!!!!
Now they are saying Climate Change will extend the pollen season, not good news for allergy sufferers.
Anyhow it is getting crazy the amount of scientists that are coming up with theories on the impact of Climate Change and I usually don't go there but this one amused me greatly.
In the recent National Geographic there is an article stating bees have to work harder than any other insect to fly because they are physically not perfectly proportioned for flight so they have to flap their wings twice as fast as any other insect, poor little bees, already working os hard, now we are going to extend their working season because of our pollution, all this on top of the fact that man of them are dying by the millions. (See Lilla's post from last year)
Here is a snippet of the story and a link
cheers
Louie
P.S. please take this commentary on Bees with the humour that is intended I really have no clue if bees have anything to do with Ragweed.
Now they are saying Climate Change will extend the pollen season, not good news for allergy sufferers.
Anyhow it is getting crazy the amount of scientists that are coming up with theories on the impact of Climate Change and I usually don't go there but this one amused me greatly.
In the recent National Geographic there is an article stating bees have to work harder than any other insect to fly because they are physically not perfectly proportioned for flight so they have to flap their wings twice as fast as any other insect, poor little bees, already working os hard, now we are going to extend their working season because of our pollution, all this on top of the fact that man of them are dying by the millions. (See Lilla's post from last year)
Here is a snippet of the story and a link
cheers
Louie
P.S. please take this commentary on Bees with the humour that is intended I really have no clue if bees have anything to do with Ragweed.
limate Change Linked to Longer Pollen Seasons
Increasing temperatures, carbon dioxide levels add to discomfort of ragweed allergies
Posted August 25, 2008
MONDAY, Aug. 25 (HealthDay News) -- Add increased suffering for people with ragweed allergies to the list of problems caused by climate change, a new study suggests.
Recent research indicates that increasing global temperatures and carbon dioxide levels are causing longer ragweed seasons and more concentrated pollen counts, says the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, which has devoted the September issue of its Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology to examining the effects of climate change on allergic disease.
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In one of the articles, Dr. Richard W. Weber, chairman of the AAAAI Aerobiology Committee, wrote that "there is now a wealth of evidence that climate change has had, and will have, further impact on a variety of allergenic plants."
Climate change has been linked to "longer pollen seasons, greater exposure and increased disease burden for late summer weeds such as ragweed," Weber noted. Researchers have found that increased carbon dioxide has boosted pollen production by 61 percent to 90 percent in some types of ragweed.
Increasing temperatures, carbon dioxide levels add to discomfort of ragweed allergies
Posted August 25, 2008
MONDAY, Aug. 25 (HealthDay News) -- Add increased suffering for people with ragweed allergies to the list of problems caused by climate change, a new study suggests.
Recent research indicates that increasing global temperatures and carbon dioxide levels are causing longer ragweed seasons and more concentrated pollen counts, says the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, which has devoted the September issue of its Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology to examining the effects of climate change on allergic disease.
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In one of the articles, Dr. Richard W. Weber, chairman of the AAAAI Aerobiology Committee, wrote that "there is now a wealth of evidence that climate change has had, and will have, further impact on a variety of allergenic plants."
Climate change has been linked to "longer pollen seasons, greater exposure and increased disease burden for late summer weeds such as ragweed," Weber noted. Researchers have found that increased carbon dioxide has boosted pollen production by 61 percent to 90 percent in some types of ragweed.
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