Satellite tracking of health threats from grass pollen exposure

该项目旨在发现自20世纪60年代以来花粉暴露增加的原因。草花粉是澳大利亚主要的环境过敏原来源，也是过敏性疾病的主要原因。该项目将通过整合40年的卫星数据，野外物候相机和跟踪草花粉来源，其演变和影响区域的花粉陷阱来调查花粉过敏原暴露变化的生态原因。这些结果有望推动对环境驱动因素的了解，并实现更准确的花粉预测，从而减轻过敏性疾病的医疗和社会经济负担，估计耗资300亿美元。

This project aims to discover why pollen exposure has increased since the 1960s. Grass pollens are the main environmental allergen source in Australia and the primary cause of allergic diseases. This project will investigate the ecological causes of changing pollen allergen exposures through integrating 40 years of satellite data, field phenology cameras, and pollen traps that track grass pollen sources, their evolution and impact areas. The outcomes are expected to advance knowledge of environmental drivers and enable more accurate pollen forecasts that alleviate the medical and socioeconomic burden of allergic diseases, estimated to cost 30 billion dollars.