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    • Associate Professor Ed Newbigin

    Botanist, School of BioSciences, Faculty of Science, University of Melbourne; Co-ordinator, Melbourne Pollen Count Team

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    Melbourne’s pollen riddle

    While most of us are familiar with grass pollen and how it triggers hay fever and asthma, researchers find ‘other’ pollen can actually be more abundant in the air

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    Sciences & Technology

    Severity of Melbourne’s grass pollen season hanging on rain

    In good news 2021 is shaping as an average pollen season but late spring rain may yet cause a heavier-than-average allergy burden

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    Thunderstorm asthma: Counting pollen to save lives

    This year’s dry winter is good news for Melbourne’s hay fever sufferers, but after last year’s thunderstorm asthma event claimed nine lives, there are never any guarantees when it comes to pollen

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    Sciences & Technology

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    Under the Microscope

    The sticky business of pollen counting

    The Melbourne Pollen Count is a vital resource for the city’s allergy sufferers - Ed Newbigin, Edwin Lampugnani and Jeremy Silver are part of the team behind it

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