Climate change influences the timing, duration, and intensity of the pollen season, impacting increasing numbers of people with allergies.
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00:00Climate change has led to worsening symptoms of pollen allergies, with around one million
00:05Danes claiming they can feel the effect as temperatures rise.
00:10The amount of pollen produced from plants has increased significantly since the 1980s,
00:15exacerbated by higher levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
00:20We are constantly following the development here, and the new thing is that we are also
00:25starting to see outbreaks here in Germany, so it is moving further and further north.
00:30Warmer and wetter conditions are also leading to an increase in other infections and viruses.
00:36Floaters can get better conditions to live in warm and humid weather, and they can then
00:42infect people with various exotic viruses.
00:46Changing global temperatures mean for people like Mette Lund, who takes allergy medication
00:51once a day, the onset of hay fever symptoms are starting to occur all year round.