Halifax Experimental Pollen and Spore Count Forecast Service
For background information about airborne pollen and spores, please click here. An update: Two additional traps, purchased by Environment Canada, are now in place to measure pollen and spore signals in Nova Scotia. The first is installed at a private home in Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia (about half-an-hour outside Halifax), while the second is on a farm at Noel Shore in central Nova Scotia. We will use the data we collect from these monitoring stations to develop a city: suburbs: countryside pollen and spore ratio. Inquiries about the pollen and spore count or forecast can be directed to (902) 420-5482 (Adree DeLazzer, Brent LaPierre and Elisabeth Levac) or 420-5493 (Dr. David Richardson). Any questions on the medical implications should be directed to your physician. For tips on surviving the pollen season, contact the Lung Association of Nova Scotia at (902) 443-8141 or toll-free in Nova Scotia at 1-888-566-LUNG. Please e-mail the following address with any questions about how we count pollen and spores and how we make predictions: pollen@smu.ca Common airborne pollen species collected in Halifax, Nova Scotia - This guide was created to enable allergy sufferers to become more familiar with allergenic plant species in Halifax. (PDF 4.5 megs) New! To visit the model for our service, the Dublin Pollen Count and Irish Pollen Forecast, issued by the Trinity College Dublin School of Botany, please click here. The count and forecast will be updated Monday to Friday at 8:00 p.m. A shorter version is available by telephone at (902) 426-9090, select 6. THE POLLEN COUNT AND FORECAST SERVICE is located at Saint Mary's University, Halifax Nova Scotia. The service is supported by Environment Canada, a Science Horizons Youth Internship from Environment Canada, and a Senate Research Committee Grant from Saint Mary's University and it is sponsored by the Lung Association of Nova Scotia. Dr. David Richardson, Dean of Science at Saint Mary's and Dr. Elisabeth Levac, are the supervisors. Adree DeLazzer and Brent LaPierre are the research workers. David Waugh is the Environment Canada liaison. ![]() |
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