An international team of researchers has concluded that a major volcanic eruption in the mid-14th century may have been responsible for the spread of the bubonic plague, or Black Death, in Europe. "Gazette. According to ru, the study was published in the journal "Communication Earth & Environment" (CEE). According to scientists, the eruption caused a temporary but significant cooling in the Mediterranean Sea.
The climate shock has led to a sharp drop in yields, and countries in the region have begun massively importing grain to avoid famine.
The authors of the study believe that it was on these merchant ships that the Yersinia pestis plague germ came to Europe along with the germs hidden in the grain. The Black Death, the first wave of the second plague pandemic in history, killed about 10 percent of Europe's population between 1347 and 1353. However, the reasons for the emergence and rapid spread of the disease in European ports remain a subject of scientific debate.
