Fun fact: #lawns, the world's largest and most useless irrigated crop, emit massive carbon dioxide and metabolites that attract endless swarms of #mosquitoes 🦟

Let the native #wildflowers grow and avoid the curse of diseases

Fun fact: #lawns, the world's largest and most useless irrigated crop, emit massive carbon dioxide and metabolites that attract endless swarms of #mosquitoes 🦟

Let the native #wildflowers grow and avoid the curse of diseases

What is the absolute worst thing human beings have enabled in the modern era?

No, no, forget the usual topics

It is this:

😱 🦟

" #Mosquitoes have arrived in #Iceland

Three #mosquitos were found in Kjós recently. This has been confirmed by the Icelandic Institute of Natural History. This is the first time that the flies have been found on Icelandic soil."

https://www.ruv.is/frettir/innlent/2025-10-20-moskitoflugur-komnar-til-islands-456599

#Mosquito #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #Environment #Biology #Science #Ísland

Climate change and population growth could bring about a resurgence of malaria following a stalling of efforts to fight the mosquito-borne illness, campaigners say. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/10/21/climate-change/climate-change-population-malaria/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #climatechange #malaria #climatechange #mosquitoes #population

What is the absolute worst thing human beings have enabled in the modern era?

No, no, forget the usual topics

It is this:

😱 🦟

" #Mosquitoes have arrived in #Iceland

Three #mosquitos were found in Kjós recently. This has been confirmed by the Icelandic Institute of Natural History. This is the first time that the flies have been found on Icelandic soil."

https://www.ruv.is/frettir/innlent/2025-10-20-moskitoflugur-komnar-til-islands-456599

#Mosquito #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #Environment #Biology #Science #Ísland

European health agencies have reported a record number of mosquito-borne disease outbreaks this year as climate change is causing longer and more intense transmission seasons. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/21/world/science-health/mosquito-disease-outbreaks-europe/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #sciencehealth #chikungunya #westnilevirus #europe #climatechange #eu #mosquitoes

Hong Kong reported its first case of chikungunya in six years, heightening concerns about the potential for local transmission of the mosquito-borne virus that can cause debilitating joint pain. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/04/asia-pacific/science-health/hong-kong-mosquito-china/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #sciencehealth #hongkong #mosquitoes #china #chikungunya

A mosquito just bit me on the forehead while I was minding my own business. I guess it's that time of year now.

#maine #mosquitoes