A new analysis aims to answer a longstanding question about why the plague reached Europe when it did—and why it spread so quickly. The plague known as the Black Death arrived in southern Europe in ...

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A new scientific study has suggested that a volcanic eruption in the 13th century may have triggered a chain of environmental changes that ultimately contributed to the Black Death’s spread across ...

NASA released satellite images showing the activity of Ethiopia’s dormant Hayli Gubbi volcano, which marked its first recorded eruption on November 23. The Hayli Gubbi volcano in northern Ethiopia ...

When the Black Death swept through Europe beginning in 1347, the plague wiped out more than half of the continent’s population, upending societies and interrupting wars. New research suggests that a ...

A volcanic eruption in 1345 may have kicked off a series of events that led to the Black Death sweeping through medieval Europe. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

The Black Death — one of the deadliest pandemics in human history, estimated to have killed up to half of Europe’s population — might have been set in motion by a volcanic eruption, a new study ...

The infamous Black Death—a pandemic that killed as many as one third to one half of Europeans within just a few years—may have been aided in its devastation by an unknown volcanic eruption. Martin ...

A North Allegheny graduate is participating in an effort at the University of Rhode Island aimed at predicting volcanic eruptions sooner and more accurately. Eleanor Martin, who graduated from North ...

Newly released telescope images of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS have revealed what researchers describe as possible ice-volcanic eruptions, adding another layer of intrigue to one of the most ...

No deaths were reported from the eruption of Hayli Gubbi in Northern Ethiopia. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Hayli Gubbi ...