Hidden inside the narrow growth rings of Pyrenees trees lies the strongest evidence yet for what set the Black Death in ...

A volcanic eruption may have triggered “the largest known plague pandemic in human history,” according to a new study about ...

When the Black Death tore through Europe in 1347, it felt like the end of the world. Entire villages emptied. Bells rang without pause. In some places, more than half the people died within months.

New data suggests an eruption cooled Europe, disrupted harvests and pushed Italian states into grain trades that may have ...

Climate data and historical accounts suggest that crop failures in the 1340s prompted Italian officials to import grain from ...

New research suggests a volcanic eruption around 1345 cooled the climate, leading to crop failures. On the ships that carried ...

Jeremy Hicks receives funding from the Philip Leverhulme Trust, The British Academy and the Arts and Humanities Research Council (UK). He is a member of the Labour Party (UK). The famine of 1932-33, ...

The authors do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and have disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

ABSTRACT: The Amaranthus genus, widely distributed across tropical and subtropical regions, is valued for both its nutritional and medicinal properties. This significance led to an investigation into ...

Many of the Greek gods and goddesses enjoyed inflicting in pain, suffering, and destruction, but few took as much joy in it as Eris. Eris was the Greek goddess of chaos, strife, and discord. According ...

Even as aid continues to flow into Gaza following President Donald Trump's ceasefire deal, one expert is questioning the veracity of claims by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) ...

While starvation is a normal phenomenon in many parts of the world, this turns into a cause of concern when it shifts into a regular pattern. This phenomenon of 'regular' starvation leads to violent ...