Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Climate right for Asian mosquito to spread in N. Europe

Agence France-Presse: The climate in northwestern Europe and the Balkans is becoming suitable for the Asian tiger mosquito, a disease-spreading invasive species, scientists said on Wednesday. The warning comes from scientists at the University of Liverpool, northwestern England, who say the two regions have been having progressively milder winters and warmer summers. These temperate conditions favour the mosquito, which gained a foothold in Albania in 1979 and is now present in more than 15 countries on Europe's...

URL: http://news.yahoo.com/climate-asian-mosquito-spread-n-europe-232540133.html

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