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Chinese mosquitos on the Baltic Sea
Source info:
| Author: | Gunnar Ries |
|---|---|
| Date: | 2014-07-30 21:20:00 |
| Blog: | Gunnars Geo-Blog  |
| URL: | http://amphibol.blogspot.com/2014/07/chinese-mosquitos-on-baltic-sea.html |
Summary:
Strange finds indeed have been reported by researchers from China, Europe and the USA in the journal "Current Biology": 50 million years ago, there were insects living in East Asia that very much resembled those in Northern Europe. This is what amber, which was found in East China showed, in whose analysis the University of Bonn is currently participating. The fossil resin clumps giveContent analysis:
Geographic context:
| Location | Country | Latitude | Longitude |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bonn | DE | 50.7323 | 7.10169 |
| China | CN | 36.8944 | 104.166 |
| United States | US | 37.1679 | -95.845 |
| East China | US | 42.792 | -82.4801 |
| Asia | 34.9697 | 99.8191 | |
| Europe | 52.9762 | 7.85784 | |
| Northern Europe | 65.5929 | 15.7402 | |
| Baltic Sea | 57.1963 | 17.0043 |
Keywords:
amber, analysis, Baltic Sea Strange, Bonn, China, Chinese mosquitos, Current Biology, East Asia, fossil resin clumps, insects, journal, Northern Europe, Paläontologie, researchers, USA
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