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A ‘Climate Anomaly’ Worsened World War I and the 1918 Flu Pandemic, New Research Suggests – Gizmodo Australia

A once-in-a-century “climate anomaly” exacerbated the awful conditions along the Western Front in Europe during the First World War, according to new research. This unusual weather may have also amplified — and possibly even initiated — the catastrophic 1918-…

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A once-in-a-century climate anomaly exacerbated the awful conditions along the Western Front in Europe during the First World War, according to new research. This unusual weather may have also amplified and possibly even initiated the catastrophic 1918-19 flu pandemic, exposing an underappreciated threat posed by climate change.
New research published in GeoHealth describes the impact of a six-year climate anomaly on World War I and the 1918-19 influenza pandemic. The unusual weather, which occ…

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