We are part of Nature, not separate from it. We rely on Nature to provide us with food, water
and shelter; regulate our climate and disease; maintain nutrient cycles and oxygen …

Introduction Australia recorded its first case of COVID-19 in late January 2020. On 22P
March 2020, amid increasing daily case numbers, the Australian Government implemented …

We use monthly birth data collected by the Human Fertility Database to analyze the impact
of the COVID‐19 pandemic on birth trends until September 2022 in 38 higher‐income …

More than 100 natural disasters strike the United States every year, causing extensive
fatalities and damages. We construct the universe of US federally designated natural …

Here, we examine the potential effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on future birth rates. This
highly contagious disease originated in China, and rapidly spread worldwide, leading to …

Fertility is a key demographic parameter influenced by disaster. With the growing risk of
disasters, interest in the fertility response to a disaster is increasing among the public, policy …

Cultural, ecological, familial and physiological factors consistently influence fertility
behaviours, however, the proximate psychological mechanisms underlying fertility decisions …

We use data from Google Trends to predict the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on future
births in the United States. First, we show that periods of above-normal search volume for …

The books in this collection are devoted to challenging and open problems at the forefront of
modern science, including related philosophical debates. In contrast to typical research …

Abstract In late 2015, the Brazilian Ministry of Health and the Pan American Health
Organization classified the increase in congenital malformations associated with the Zika …