Croatia targets latest climate-change threat: mosquitoes

By Agence France-Presse

Jul 20, 2023 3:35 pm

ZAGREB, Croatia: Hordes of buzzing but sterile mosquitoes are being let loose in Zagreb as Croatia gets ahead of worries that climate change could bring tropical diseases to the Mediterranean nation.

The release is part of a pilot project focused on eradicating invasive Asian Tiger mosquitoes known for carrying sicknesses like Dengue Fever, Chikungunya and Zika.

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