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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. Londoners’ ...

The jet stream — a band of strong winds high above Earth’s surface — can shift and create opposing summertime climate conditions in northwest and southeast Europe. Tree-ring data reveal that the jet ...