In this week’s episode, host Margaret Walls talks with Jacob Hochard, an assistant professor at the University of Wyoming, about a new study that explores how hurricanes affect birth outcomes. Hochard discusses why hurricanes produce negative birth outcomes, the long-term effects of negative birth outcomes, and further research and policies that could help reduce the negative impacts of tropical storms.

References and recommendations:


“Associations of hurricane exposure and forecasting with impaired birth outcomes” by Jacob Hochard, Yuanhao Li, and Nino Abashidze; https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-33865-x

“Integrating Nature into US Economic Statistics, with Eli Fenichel” on Resources Radio; https://www.resources.org/resources-radio/integrating-nature-into-us-economic-statistics-with-eli-fenichel/

“The Social Value of Predicting Hurricanes” by Renato Molina and Ivan Rudik; https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4266614