Research currents: Grad student wins prestigious Schlanger Ocean Drilling Fellowship

The ocean has a long memory, written in water and preserved in sediments deep under the sea floor. Understanding how ancient seas responded to conditions in the past is among our best guides for predicting future changes in the climate, explained...

Mosquitos Found In Iceland For The First Time

Mosquitos have been found in Iceland for the first time ever as warming environments due to climate change expand the range of the deadly arthropod.Icelandic citizen scientist Björn Hjaltason first reported their presence on Oct. 16 after...

Iceland records its first-ever mosquitoes as heat brings the buzz

Iceland, long celebrated as one of the few mosquito-free places on Earth, has lost that distinction. Scientists have confirmed the presence of mosquitoes in the island nation for the first time, marking yet another visible consequence of a rapidly...

Inside Iceland’s green biotechnology revolution

From a geothermal facility on Iceland’s Reykjanes Peninsula, Algalíf has built Europe’s most advanced microalgae plant — and in doing so, has turned sustainability from a corporate claim into a measurable discipline, finds John E. Kaye On the vast...

Mosquitoes spotted in Iceland for first time, researcher says

Mosquitoes have been discovered in Iceland for the first time, a researcher told the AFP Monday. The volcanically active country has long been one of the world's few mosquito-free places. Three Culiseta annulata mosquitoes, two females and one...

Mosquitoes found in Iceland for 1st time as temperatures rise

Mosquitoes have been detected in Iceland for the first time as the region warms due to climate change. The disease-carrying insect was first spotted by insect enthusiast Björn Hjaltason, who posted to Facebook group Insects in Iceland about a...

Mosquitoes found in Iceland but climate change not thought to blame

Mosquitoes have been discovered in Iceland in a first for the island nation, which has long been one of the world's mosquito-free places. Three Culiseta annulata mosquitoes, two females and one male, were sighted around 30 kilometers (20 miles)...

Breaking: Mosquitoes Found in Iceland, a First for the Island Nation

For the first time ever, mosquitoes have been discovered in Iceland, a country historically believed to be entirely free of the insects. This unprecedented find follows the record-breaking heat the North Atlantic nation experienced this spring,...

Iceland Records First Wild Mosquitoes Amid Warming Climate

Iceland has lost its status as one of Earth’s only mosquito-free regions after scientists confirmed the first discovery of these insects breeding in the country’s natural environment, a development researchers attribute to rapidly warming...

Mosquitoes Invade Iceland: A Chilling Sign of Climate Shift

Reykjavík: For the first time ever, mosquitoes have been discovered in Iceland, a place that, along with Antarctica, was previously considered mosquito-free. The surprising find is being linked to the accelerating effects of climate change, which...

Mosquitoes Found in Iceland for First Time as Temperatures in the Region Rise

Mosquitoes have been detected in Iceland for the first time as the region warms due to climate change. The disease-carrying insect was first spotted by insect enthusiast Björn Hjaltason, who posted to Facebook group Insects in Iceland about a...

Mosquitoes found in Iceland for the first time amid rising global temperatures

Mosquitoes have been found in Iceland for the first time amid a climate crisis that is warming the country, making it more hospitable for insects, The Guardian reported on Tuesday. Iceland, apart from Antarctica, was one of the few places in the...

Iceland, known for being mosquito-free, now has its first tiny visitors

Iceland, the chilly island nation once proud to be mosquito-free, has officially joined the rest of the world in dealing with the tiny, buzzing menace. This spring after an unusually long heatwave, mosquitoes have made their first documented...

Scientists discover new way to detect volcanic eruptions at Mount Etna

Scientists have discovered a novel way to predict the next eruption at Mount Etna, the active volcano on the Italian island of Sicily. Researchers at Italy's National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology are monitoring signals of magma movement...

Mosquitoes found in Iceland for the first time in history. Now only one place on earth remains mosquito-free

Mosquitoes have been discovered in Iceland for the first time in recorded history. Three specimens of the cold-tolerant species Culiseta annulata were found in October 2025 in Kjos, a rural valley near Hvalfjordur. This marks the first confirmed...

Mosquitoes reach Iceland for the first time as climate warms northern island

Mosquitoes have now been found in Iceland, a country that was previously one of the very few places in the world to be free from these insects. The mosquitoes were discovered in Kiðafell, Kjós. The initial sighting occurred on October 16 when...

Why has Iceland recorded its first sighting of mosquitoes now?

Iceland, one of the few places in the world to be free of mosquitoes, recorded its first sighting of the insect this month. Scientists have announced the discovery of three mosquitoes, two females and one male.The discovery was made by insect...

Mosquitoes found in Iceland for the first time in history after record heat

Mosquitoes have been found in Iceland for the first time in what scientists say could be a sign of a rapidly warming climate. Iceland was one of the only two places in the world that were considered mosquito-free zones, the other being the...

Mosquitos found in Iceland for the first time following record-breaking temperatures

Published on 22/10/2025 - 13:06 GMT+2 Mosquitos have been detected on Icelandic soil for the first time on record. Up until this month, Iceland was one of the only places on the planet that didn’t have a mosquito population thanks to its...

Mosquitoes found in Iceland for the first time amid rising temperatures

Mosquitoes have been found in Iceland for the first time as the region warms due to climate change. Insect enthusiast Björn Hjaltason first spotted a "strange fly" in Kjós on 16 October. He then collected it and found it was a female, sharing the...