Volcanic eruption may have triggered Europe’s Black Death plague

Volcanic eruption may have triggered Europe’s Black Death plague

Helen BriggsEnvironment correspondent

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The Black Death fundamentally altered medieval society

A volcanic eruption around 1345 may have set off a chain reaction that unleashed Europe’s deadliest pandemic the Black Death, scientists say.

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