The precise sequence of events that brought the deadly disease to Europe from Central Asia has been debated by boffins for years, now researchers think they have filled in the blanks The plague may have been brought to Europe after volcanic eruptions (Image: Anadolu via Getty Images)

The bubonic plague pandemic which killed around 60% of Europe's population in the middle ages may have been triggered by a volcanic eruption, experts believe.

The Black Death – one of the worst pandemics in human history – ravaged the continent between 1346 and 1353, killing an estimated 50 million people. The precise sequence of events that brought the disease to Europe has been debated for decades.

New research suggests volcanic eruptions caused temperatures to drop for consecutive years due

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