A new generation of climate detectives is rewriting one of history’s darkest chapters, arguing that the Black Death did not erupt out of nowhere but followed a colossal volcanic blast that chilled the ...

When an undersea volcano erupted in Tonga in January, its watery blast was huge and unusual — and scientists are still trying to understand its impacts. The volcano, known as Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai ...

A tsunami triggered by a volcanic eruption decimated some islands of the South Pacific nation of Tonga. The crushing effect on land and infrastructure can be seen from outer space. Three of Tonga’s ...

The Black Death has long been treated as a bolt from the blue, a medieval catastrophe that seemed to erupt out of nowhere and then vanish just as mysteriously. Now a new generation of climate ...