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Previously unknown volcanic eruptions may have kicked off an unlikely series of events that brought the Black Death—the most ...

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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 ...

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