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Iceland reports the presence of mosquitoes as climate warms

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121 points sans_souse | 2 comments | 22 Oct 25 22:15 UTC | HN request time: 0.417s | source
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slipperybeluga ◴[22 Oct 25 23:18 UTC] No.45676375[source]▶
This garbage article is a great example of why NPR taxpayer funding should never be restored. Ridiculous, unsubstantiated claim here. No evidence whatsoever of any link to climate change is presented. These mosquitoes came via ship and are thus like any other invasive species. Mosquitoes flourish in Siberia, Greenland, Canada, and the northernmost parts of Alaska, all places hundreds of miles north of the Arctic circle.
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1. technothrasher ◴[22 Oct 25 23:55 UTC] No.45676636[source]▶
If you read the source article, it mentions in passing at the end that Iceland in general has seen more insects lately, partly due to climate change. It doesn't connect the mosquitos themselves to climate change. But the NPR article does indeed incorrectly connect the two. "taxpayer funding should never be restored" seems a bit of a histrionic reaction to this sloppy reporting, however.
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