Posted on 05/26/2015 2:11:26 AM PDT by Libloather
Hay fever misery to increase with global warming: Invasive ragweed to spread pollen further due to climate change
Climate change could help a notorious invasive weed known to trigger severe allergy attacks to spread and bring misery to hay fever sufferers, experts have warned.
Ragweed, also known as Ambrosia artemisiifolia, is native to North America but since the 1960s has been spreading rapidly across warmer parts of Europe.
It is still rare in the UK, but researchers predict by 2050 it could be scattering pollen throughout much of Britain and northern Europe.
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Why would only ragweed increase more co2 would mean more of every plant including crops not just weeds and more plants would reduce co2 levels
Ragweed just spreads like crazy. When it gets into an area where it can thrive it does.
People in other countries have never dealt with it so they don’t know how to deal with it.
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