Tag: volcanology,pandemics,climate change,medieval history,plague,atmospheric science,archaeology,Europe

For centuries, historians have blamed trade routes and infected fleas for spreading the bubonic plague across medieval Europe. But what if a volcanic eruption Black Death connection played a deeper role—setting off environmental changes that made the continent ripe for catastrophe? Recent interdisciplinary research suggests this may be exactly what happened. By linking ice-core data

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