The Black Death, also known as the Bubonic Plague, was a devastating pandemic that occurred in Europe from 1346 to 1353, ...
A volcanic explosion, somewhere in the tropics, may have increased European trade with central Asia—which brought fleas carrying the bubonic plague.
A newly analyzed set of climate data points to a major volcanic eruption that may have played a key role in the Black Death’s ...
A new generation of climate detectives is rewriting one of history’s darkest chapters, arguing that the Black Death did not ...
New research suggests genes that helped people survive in 1300s are linked to arthritis today ...
A 1345 volcanic eruption likely triggered a climate crisis, causing crop failures and forcing European port cities to open ...
Ash from the explosion may have led to crop failure and famine in southern Europe, leading some Italian cities to import ...
Unpredictable weather in late medieval Europe disrupted agricultural stability, forcing cities to rely on maritime grain ...
By Hugo Francisco de Souza New interdisciplinary evidence shows how a mid-14th-century volcanic cooling reshaped ...
A surprising study has uncovered a link between a massive volcanic eruption in 1345 and the onset of the Black Death, Europe's deadliest pandemic. The discovery reveals how a catastrophic chain of ...
Regina Barber and Emily Kwong of NPR's Short Wave discuss an Earth-sized exoplanet, how ant colonies deal with disease and a possible link between volcanoes and the Black Death.
Prosecutors urged the court to remove one of the sanity experts from defendant’s review panel as murder case moves into ...