pollen
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Air pollution, wildfire smoke, industrial disasters like the East Palestine, Ohio train wreck and extended pollen seasons are all reasons why people are increasingly concerned with making their indoor environments actually breathable.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026
There’s a purpose to the stench: attracting flies and beetles to help carry pollen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
In addition to the heat many are also struggling with the high levels of pollen.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
This combination of high pollen levels, very warm days and oppressive nights can be particularly troublesome for hay fever sufferers.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
Bees and butterflies zigzag through the air, the trees lining the sidewalk are leafy and full, and the cars throughout the lot are idling and dusted in pollen.
From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day
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It is estimated that 13 million people in the UK suffer from hay fever - an allergy to different pollens.
From BBC ● May 30, 2025
The most allergenic tree pollens are from birch, cypress, Japanese cedar, latex, grass, and ragweed.
From Salon ● May 9, 2024
“We’ve now got three different dating techniques—radiocarbon dating of the seeds, radiocarbon dating of the pollens and luminescence dating of the quartz—that all show people were there.”
From Scientific American ● Oct. 5, 2023
The sticky stuff captured mammoths, saber-toothed cats, giant sloths and other iconic Ice Age mammals along with a near-perfect cross-section of the world they inhabited: birds, insects, plants, seeds, pollens.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2022
Short-styled by both pollens mixed together, of own-form longest and mid-length stamens.
From The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species by Darwin, Charles
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Life Science: Plants
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