US EditionA Volcanic Eruption May Have Led to the Black Death
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How the pathogen came to us in the Middle Ages is controversial. Climate research provides evidence for a new thesis.
A Volcanic Eruption May Have Led to the Black Death
Black Death refers to a pandemic of bubonic plague that swept Europe in the mid 14th century, killing up to half the population. The disease, carried by fleas on rats, had been around for thousands of years, and the virulence of the pandemic of 1346-1353 is ascribed to high populations living in close confines during the medieval period. But how did it get to Europe? New research shows that it was likely related to a volcanic eruption in 1345. W…
To the summary of "The Planet of Science" this week: details on the scenario of the black plague pandemic that decimated medieval Europe, bats caught in the lighthouses of wind turbines and merciless fighting between frogs and giant hornets...
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