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Can we blame climate change for thunderstorm asthma?

  • Written by Janie Maxwell, Associate Lecturer in Climate Change and Health, University of Melbourne
imageClimate change can cause higher pollen countsLukasz Szmigiel/Unsplash

Australians have been left unsettled by the recent thunderstorm asthma event that claimed eight lives in Melbourne. As with previous extreme weather events, we are left to wonder whether it was climate change at work, if it will happen again and if it will be worse next time.

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