{"id":410929,"date":"2025-10-30T09:51:53","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T08:51:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=410929"},"modified":"2025-10-30T09:51:55","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T08:51:55","slug":"npr-is-wrong-icelands-mosquitoes-are-imports-not-climate-refugees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=410929","title":{"rendered":"NPR Is Wrong, Iceland\u2019s Mosquitoes Are Imports, Not Climate Refugees"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"723\" data-attachment-id=\"410934\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=410934\" 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href=\"https:\/\/climaterealism.com\/2025\/10\/npr-gets-it-wrong-icelands-mosquitoes-are-imports-not-climate-refugees\/\">ClimateRealism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/climaterealism.com\/author\/awatts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Anthony Watts<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"718\" data-attachment-id=\"410931\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=410931\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-565.png?fit=736%2C731&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"736,731\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-565.png?fit=723%2C718&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-565.png?resize=723%2C718&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Close-up image of a mosquito on a green leaf, with a bold overlay text stating 'MISLEADING'.\" class=\"wp-image-410931\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-565.png?w=736&amp;ssl=1 736w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-565.png?resize=300%2C298&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-565.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-565.png?resize=200%2C200&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-565.png?resize=60%2C60&amp;ssl=1 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In&nbsp;<em>NPR\u2019s<\/em>&nbsp;article,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/10\/22\/nx-s1-5582748\/iceland-mosquitoes-first-time\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cMosquitoes appear in Iceland for the first time, as climate warms,\u201d<\/a>&nbsp;reporter Joe Hernandez claims that climate change is bringing mosquitoes to Iceland for the first time in recorded history. Hernandez describes how three&nbsp;<em>Culiseta annulata<\/em>&nbsp;mosquitoes were discovered near Reykjav\u00edk, suggesting that global warming is making Iceland less frigid and thus newly hospitable to these insects. This is false. Mosquitoes don\u2019t naturally occur in Iceland, and the ones that were recently found there were transported via global shipping. So, trade, not climate change, is responsible for Iceland\u2019s recently arrived mosquitos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The article quotes Iceland\u2019s Natural Science Institute as saying the mosquitoes \u201cappeared to be able to withstand Iceland\u2019s climate\u201d and ties the discovery to a \u201cwarming Arctic\u201d that is allegedly accelerating faster than the rest of the globe. NPR even frames the event as another signal of humanity\u2019s impact on the planet, warning that \u201cAntarctica is now the only place in the world believed to have no mosquitoes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This narrative, however, collapses under scrutiny. Mosquitoes in Iceland are not a sign of climate change\u2014they are a result of travel and trade. The author admits that \u201cthe mosquitoes likely arrived by freight,\u201d noting that there have been previous reports of mosquitoes found in airplanes landing in Iceland. In other words, this is not evolution or migration, it\u2019s importation. Iceland did not suddenly generate mosquitoes out of thin air; it received them via human transportation, the same way other invasive species move around the globe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nor have recent temperatures been unusual. Iceland has experienced substantial swings in temperatures over the decades and centuries. Iceland has warmed since the 1990s, following an&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.vedur.is\/climatology\/iceland\/climate-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">extended cooling period,<\/a>&nbsp;which followed another period of warming. Recent&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.vedur.is\/climatology\/iceland\/climate-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">temperatures are just now recovering to those experienced in 1930s<\/a>. Mosquitos weren\u2019t discovered during the 1930s and 1940s warm period. So, why now? The answer is the significant increase in global travel and trade since World War II.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/climateataglance.com\/climate-at-a-glance-malaria-and-mosquito-borne-diseases\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Climate at a Glance: Malaria and Mosquito-Borne Diseases<\/a>&nbsp;explains, mosquitoes do not require tropical conditions to reproduce. Alaska\u2014known for its short summers and long, frigid winters\u2014has had enormous mosquito swarms for centuries. The state\u2019s tourism bureau even jokes that the mosquito is \u201cAlaska\u2019s unofficial state bird.\u201d Both Alaska and Iceland sit at similar latitudes and experience comparable summer daylight and temperature ranges. Clearly, mosquitoes can survive in cold climates when certain environmental niches exist, as demonstrated by the Arctic mosquito (<em>Aedes nigripes<\/em>), which thrives in tundra pools during the brief northern summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In fact, global malaria and mosquito-borne disease rates have&nbsp;<strong>declined<\/strong>&nbsp;over recent decades, even as the planet has warmed. The connection between temperature and mosquito proliferation is vastly overstated. Public health, sanitation, travel, and trade play far greater roles in spreading mosquitoes than climate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The truth is, cold alone does not prevent mosquitoes from existing. Many species of mosquitoes have evolved to survive in subzero temperatures by overwintering in soil, leaf litter, or sheltered areas like basements and barns\u2014the same places Iceland\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Culiseta annulata<\/em>&nbsp;specimens were reportedly found. As the Natural Science Institute notes, this species already lives across Europe and the Nordic countries, often taking shelter \u201cin outbuildings and basements\u201d during winter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is also important to note Iceland\u2019s geographic isolation. The island sits in the middle of the North Atlantic, hundreds of miles from any continental landmass, which is one reason why, despite the climatic conditions being hospitable for mosquitoes, they are not naturally found there. For mosquitoes to establish a population there, they would need continuous influxes of breeding pairs and suitable habitats for larvae\u2014conditions that are exceedingly rare given Iceland\u2019s volcanic terrain, wind, and lack of stagnant freshwater ponds. Further, the Natural Science Institute acknowledged in the article that these mosquitoes are \u201clarge species present in Europe\u201d and that their presence in Iceland is&nbsp;<em>new<\/em>\u2014not natural.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The most plausible explanation is that these mosquitoes arrived as accidental stowaways on cargo, likely from the United Kingdom or mainland Europe, and managed to persist through the mild early autumn. This is not evidence of a changing global climate\u2014it\u2019s evidence of an increasingly connected world. It is also not evidence that they or subsequent generations of mosquitoes will survive or thrive there. That will depend on Iceland\u2019s management of warm stagnant pools and pest control measures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NPR\u2019s framing ignores well-documented entomological research showing that mosquitoes can adapt to and survive in a wide range of climates. A 2022 USGS study titled \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usgs.gov\/publications\/spatial-and-temporal-patterns-arctic-mosquito-abundance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Spatial and temporal patterns in Arctic mosquito abundance<\/em><\/a><em>\u201d<\/em>&nbsp;\u2014 documents routine mosquito populations above the Arctic Circle, again supporting the notion that mosquitoes survive in cold climates. Another peer-reviewed article,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/am-pdf\/10.1002\/ecs2.2345\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>\u201cSpatial heterogeneity in the abundance and fecundity of Arctic mosquitoes,<\/em><\/a><em>\u201d<\/em>&nbsp;documents mosquito populations above the Arctic Circle and their responses to environmental change<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In short, NPR\u2019s article takes a mundane occurrence\u2014a few stowaway insects\u2014and turns it into a symbolic tale of how climate change is causing previously unexperienced deleterious changes. While NPR blames global warming for newly arrived mosquitoes in Iceland, the evidence points squarely to increased global shipping, not melting glaciers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By ignoring centuries of mosquito history in high-latitude regions like Alaska and northern Canada, and by failing to mention the obvious transport vector,&nbsp;<em>NPR<\/em>&nbsp;misleads readers into thinking that climate change is conjuring new species from thin air. NPR\u2019s narrative is as false as the claims made by power hungry, progressive politicians that climate change is an existential threat to humanity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In NPR\u2019s article, \u201cMosquitoes appear in Iceland for the first time, as climate warms,\u201d reporter Joe Hernandez claims that climate change is bringing mosquitoes to Iceland for the first time in recorded history. Hernandez describes how three Culiseta annulata mosquitoes were discovered near Reykjav\u00edk, suggesting that global warming is making Iceland less frigid and thus newly hospitable to these insects. This is false. Mosquitoes don\u2019t naturally occur in Iceland, and the ones that were recently found there were transported via global shipping. 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