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Old journals unlock monthly climate shifts behind Japan's 1830s famine
- May 14, 2026 at 9:07 PM
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The Tenpō Famine of the 1830s was one of the worst in Japanese history, with the poor weather causing escalating rice prices as a major cause. To better understand how historical weather anomalies affected crop prices in Japan and ultimately led to the famine, researchers developed a new framework to analyze historical weather data.
Originally published at Phys.org