Black Death

How scientists solved the centuries-old mystery of Black Death’s origins

The plague pandemic had killed more than half of the population in Europe, West Asia and North Africa and an unaccountable number of people in Central Asia.

Philip Slavin, The Conversation
· Jul 16, 2022 · 11:30 pm
Plague outbreaks that ravaged Europe for centuries were driven by climate change in Asia

The disease didn't linger in European 'rodent reservoirs' but was instead reimported each time droughts caused a crash in Central Asian rat numbers.

Boris Schmid and Nils Christian Stenseth, The Conversation
· Feb 25, 2015 · 04:30 am