Bastion breached: Mosquitoes found in Iceland for first time as warming climate triggers buzz

Updated on: Oct 22, 2025 08:35 am IST

The country is heating up at four times the rate of the rest of the northern hemisphere, and glaciers have been collapsing fast too.

For the first time, mosquitoes have been found in Iceland, signalling yet another inevitable consequence of climate crisis, the Guardian has reported.

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Bastion breached: Mosquitoes found in Iceland for first time as warming climate triggers buzz

The country is heating up at four times the rate of the rest of the northern hemisphere, and glaciers have been collapsing fast too.

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