Study: Climate helps skeeters grow faster; Caribou feel the added bite

The Arctic is already known for having impressive swarms of mosquitoes in the summer. And climate change could boost mosquito population numbers, according to a new study from a Dartmouth researcher.
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Lauren Culler studied mosquitoes as they emerged from ponds in Greenland two years in a row. She found the insects are growing faster and maturing earlier, threatening caribou populations who have their calves at the same time.
Culler says warmer winters and spring affect mosquito dev