In environmental topics today, buzzwords like "global warming" and "habitat degradation" and "biodiversity loss" are thrown around to make the point that global warming is wholly bad for everyone. As it turns out, this isn't the case.
Meet the Arctic Mosquito. As researchers from Dartmouth have found, this particular species has actually been thriving as the temperatures across the world, and in the Arctic specifically, increase.
The warming of the Arctic helps to synchronize the breeding season of the mosquito with the calving season of the caribou, which gives them better access to warm bodies to feed off of. In fact, just a 2 degree change in the Arctic temperature results in a more than 50% increase in the mosquito's survival.
Luckily, these mosquitoes are limited to the Arctic regions, but this may just mean that Arctic tourists will have to start worrying less about covering up for the cold and more about covering up for the bugs.
The warming of the Arctic helps to synchronize the breeding season of the mosquito with the calving season of the caribou, which gives them better access to warm bodies to feed off of. In fact, just a 2 degree change in the Arctic temperature results in a more than 50% increase in the mosquito's survival.
Luckily, these mosquitoes are limited to the Arctic regions, but this may just mean that Arctic tourists will have to start worrying less about covering up for the cold and more about covering up for the bugs.