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Hunger stones in European rivers mark droughts that lead to famines. What does their reappearance now mean for the health of the European economy?

When rivers dry up in Central Europe, "hunger stones" with ominous inscribed warnings from centuries past reappear.

<p><strong class="journal-contentHeaderColor">Abstract.</strong> This paper deals with the issue of documenting hydrological drought with the help of drought marks (DMs) which have been preserved on dozens of hunger stones (HSs) in the river channel of the Elbe in Bohemia and Saxony. So far, the hunger stones have been regarded rather as an illustration of dry seasons. Our aim was, among other issues, to draw attention to the much greater value of hunger stones and in...