When the bubonic plague reached England in the summer of 1348 — spread by fleas, lice, or infected humans, according to the latest theories — it reached a breeding ground for disease.

Amplified jet streams occur when the jet stream (a fast and narrow current of air that flows from west to east and encircles ...

The shifting jet stream has magnified wildfires and plagues. What’s next? When the bubonic plague reached England in the summer of 1348 — spread by fleas, lice, or infected humans, according ...