The Volcano That Triggered the Black Death

Clues found in tree rings have led to the idea that a series of volcanoes altered the climate enough to make crops fail in Europe, which led to importing grain, and the bubonic plague. Which created a perfect storm of famine and disease.

Clues contained in tree rings have identified mid-14th-century volcanic activity as the first domino to fall in a sequence that led to the devastation of the Black Death in Europe.

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