Satellite tracking of health threats from grass pollen exposure

该项目旨在发现自20世纪60年代以来接触花粉的人数增加的原因。草花粉是澳大利亚主要的环境过敏原来源，也是引起过敏性疾病的主要原因。该项目将通过整合40年来的卫星数据、田间物候相机和追踪草类花粉来源、演化和影响区域的花粉陷阱，来调查改变花粉变应原暴露的生态原因。预计这些结果将促进人们对环境驱动因素的了解，并使花粉预测更加准确，从而减轻过敏性疾病的医疗和社会经济负担。据估计，过敏性疾病耗资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.