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In this week\u2019s 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.\n\nReferences and recommendations:\n\n\n\u201cAssociations of hurricane exposure and forecasting with impaired birth outcomes\u201d by Jacob Hochard, Yuanhao Li, and Nino Abashidze; https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-33865-x\n\n\u201cIntegrating Nature into US Economic Statistics, with Eli Fenichel\u201d on Resources Radio; https://www.resources.org/resources-radio/integrating-nature-into-us-economic-statistics-with-eli-fenichel/\n\n\u201cThe Social Value of Predicting Hurricanes\u201d by Renato Molina and Ivan Rudik; https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4266614