US EditionIceland Just Got its First Mosquitoes. Scientists Aren't Ready for What Comes Next
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Three ringed mosquitoes 50 kilometers north of Reykjavík make Iceland excited. Never before have mosquitoes been discovered on the island. Researchers fear the immigration of many other species into the entire Arctic.
The climate in the Arctic is constantly changing, with mosquitoes appearing in Iceland a few months ago, for example. This could have a global impact.
Many find it particularly annoying, but their role in ecology cannot be underestimated: mosquitoes. A research team in the scientific journal Science sees the discovery of some specimens on the volcanic and ice island of Iceland as an indicator of greater biological change in the Arctic.
Iceland was one of the few places on earth that were spared from mosquitoes.
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Iceland was one of the few places on earth that were spared by mosquitoes.The fact that the bloodsuckers were now also found there is part of a major change in the Arctic for researchers.Many find it particularly annoying, but their role in ecology cannot be underestimated: mosquitoes. A research team in the journal "Science" sees the discovery of some specimens on the volcanic and ice island of Iceland as an indicator of a greater biological ch…
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