Global warming expected to raise severity of poison ivy
According to a recent study published in Proceedings of theNational Academy of Sciences, scientists reported that increasingcarbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere are expected to foster anenvironment conducive to widespread poison ivy growth by the year2050. A leading scientific expert predicts that under atmosphericcarbon dioxide concentrations the planet will likely reach by themiddle of this century, poison ivy will grow faster, bigger, andmore poisonous.
Global warming expected to raise severity of poison ivy
According to a recent study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, scientists reported that increasing carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere are expected to foster an environment conducive to widespread poison ivy growth by the year 2050. A leading scientific expert predicts that under atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations the planet will likely reach by the middle of this century, poison ivy will grow faster, bigger, and more poisonous. Researchers from Duke University and Harvard reported that poison ivy exposed to higher carbon dioxide levels grew about three times larger and produced a more allergenic form of urushiol, the toxic oil that causes ivy rash.
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