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, ...

Pine tree pollen seems to coat most of the South in sticky yellow gunk every spring. But there are many types of trees that contribute to the seasonal pollen count, which measures how much pollen is ...

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 ...

Right now, in late March, the big culprit is tree pollen. The yellow that you’re seeing right now is from our pine trees. But we are also seeing oak and Birch. Weed pollen is considered low right now, ...

COLUMBIA — Herrick Brown remembers a time he was doing field research on an island off the coast of Georgetown County. The USC professor looked down at his feet, the ground thick with years of fallen ...

Some tree pollen levels are in the high range as Florida experiences its winter and early spring allergy seasons. Juniper, ...

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 ...