Imagine trying to tell identical twins apart just by looking at their fingerprints. That's how challenging it can be for scientists to distinguish the tiny powdery pollen grains produced by fir, ...

An electron microscope image, colorized, shows different structures of pollen grains, including sunflower, morning glory and primrose. Dartmouth Electron Microscope Facility If pollen allergies are ...

Researchers from Hortus botanicus Leiden and Radboud University have developed a novel, non-invasive method to measure the ...

Atlanta shattered a record on Saturday, March 29, when it recorded nearly 15,000 pollens grains per cubic meter of air. The previous record of 9,368 was blown away with the 14,801 reading by Atlanta ...

ATLANTA — After a warm, breezy Sunday, the pollen count in Atlanta was measured at 3,028 grains per cubic meter, the highest so far this year. Pine, Oak, Birch, Hackberry, and Sweet Gum were the ...

ATLANTA — Spring has officially begun, and here in north Georgia, spring and pollen go hand in hand. Thursday, March 20, the pollen count in Atlanta reached 1,551, which is considered "extremely high.

This year, hazel trees are flowering earlier than ever, potentially causing hay fever, according to Nature Today. “We’ve never seen such early and widespread hazel blooms. Likewise, the Leiden ...

Pine pollen has finally stopped falling in central North Carolina and you can sit on your patio in a pair of navy-blue shorts without looking like you fell into a glazed lemon pound cake. Except, when ...

Tree pollen — that springtime scourge that coats cars in yellow dust and sends allergy sufferers running to the pharmacy — typically abates by late May in upstate New York. But this spring’s bloom is ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Spring is in full swing, and you've likely seen pollen anytime you have gone outside. The last few weeks pollen has accumulated on a wide range of outdoor surfaces, and the Midlands ...

Pollen analysis is a powerful method for reconstructing historical ecosystems. Preserved pollen grains in lakebeds and peat bogs offer detailed records of past plant communities. Since plant ...