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The Irish famine of 1740–1741: famine vulnerability and "climate migration"
S. Engler
Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities, Essen, Germany
Department of Geography, Climatology, Climate Dynamics and Climate Change, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen, Germany
F. Mauelshagen
Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities, Essen, Germany
J. Werner
Department of Geography, Climatology, Climate Dynamics and Climate Change, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen, Germany
J. Luterbacher
Department of Geography, Climatology, Climate Dynamics and Climate Change, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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