Mosquitoes found in Iceland for first time as climate crisis warms country
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- Mosquitoes have been found in Iceland for the first time due to global heating.
- Iceland was previously one of the few places without mosquitoes, alongside Antarctica.
- Scientists predicted mosquitoes could establish in Iceland due to warming and breeding habitats like marshes and ponds.
- Iceland is warming at four times the rate of the northern hemisphere, leading to glacier collapses and new fish species.
- Global warming has led to more mosquito species worldwide, including invasive ones like the Egyptian and Asian tiger mosquitoes.
- Three specimens of Culiseta annulata, a cold-resistant mosquito, were found in Iceland.
- The mosquitoes were collected from wine ropes used to attract moths.
- A citizen scientist discovered the mosquitoes and sent them to the Natural Science Institute of Iceland for identification.