Aquatic habitats in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland. (IMAGE)

Dartmouth College

Aquatic habitats in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland.

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Aquatic habitats in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland. Arctic mosquito larvae grow and develop in the shallow ponds (on the right) but not in the deeper lakes (on the left). The large pond on the right was estimated to have 12.4 million newly hatched mosquito larvae in 2018.

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Photo by Lauren Culler.

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