Northern China showed the fastest response, with famine events tending to peak in the same year as an eruption, suggesting agricultural systems there may have been particularly sensitive to sudden ...

(CNN) — Here is a look at famine, a severe and prolonged hunger in a significant portion of a region or country’s population that results in malnutrition and death by starvation and disease. To assess ...

In central China, famine risk often rose one to three years after an eruption. That delay appeared to align with increases in drought and crop failures, suggesting climate changes triggered by ...

Large volcanic eruptions may have played a bigger role in triggering historical famines across China than previously understood, according to a new study that traced links between eruptions, climate ...