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Readers discuss ancient plagues and a fern’s leaf revival

Under the weather New climate reconstructions show that periods of decreasing temperature and rainfall coincided with three plagues that struck…

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Plagues that shook the Roman Empire linked to cold, dry periods

A 7th-century outbreak of plague in Italy, painted by Josse Lieferinxe The Walters Art Museum/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Three pandemics in…

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Cold, dry snaps accompanied three plagues that struck the Roman Empire

For those who enjoy pondering the Roman Empire’s rise and fall — you know who you are — consider the…

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