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Tree-ring data reveal that periodic shifts in strong winds high above the Earth's surface have driven opposite climates in different parts of Europe for the past 700 years and likely much longer, ...

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A 115 mph 'jet streak' will intensify the risk of tornadoes and severe thunderstorms for millions of people across the South this weekend, a Newsweek map shows. The powerful 115 mph upper-level jet ...

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’ ...

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