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

From sending more pollen airborne to breaking up pollen grains, which lets them penetrate deeper into your lungs, the wind is not the allergy sufferer’s friend.

By: Christine Cairns Fortuin, Mississippi State University, The Conversation

Outlets: The Conversation

Published: March 22, 2026

Words: 845

Last Updated: 4 months, 2 weeks ago

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By Christine Cairns Fortuin, Mississippi State University

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.

In the Southeastern U.S., where I live, you know it’s spring when your car has turned yellow and pollen blankets your patio furniture and anything else …

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