Clark Gray
Professor of Geography and Environment, UNC-Chapel Hill
clarkgray.web.unc.edu
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- Reposted by Clark GrayOur paper “Inferring fine-grained migration patterns across the United States” is now out in @natcomms.nature.com! We released a new, highly granular migration dataset. 1/9
- Reposted by Clark GrayNEW: This year’s #2030Census test in Huntsville, Ala., and Spartanburg, S.C., is using an unrelated survey form that includes a U.S. citizenship question, according to a regulatory filing (To be clear, this is for the “2026 Census Test,” not an actual census) www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PR...
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- Reposted by Clark GrayThe CIA just stopped publishing their World Factbook and took every page, including the archived copies of previous versions! This sucks. It was public domain, so I recovered the 2020 edition (the last one published as a zip file) and shared it to GitHub simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/t...
- Reposted by Clark GrayHigh young adult #mortality makes reaching old age less likely in the US than elsewhere. That's true in all states, but in WV and MS more than one-fourth of 20-year-olds are not expected live to retirement age. State analysis inspired by @financialtimes.com and @drjenndowd.bsky.social #demography
- Reposted by Clark GrayMyf fixed at 2025 levels.
- Reposted by Clark GrayClimate 'fingerprints' mark human activity from the top of the atmosphere to the bottom of the ocean theconversation.com/climate-fing...
- Reposted by Clark GrayDocumenting trends in joint exposure to environmental stressors for 168 US cities finds persistent, yet narrowing, multi-exposure gaps, from Glenn Sheriff, Danae Hernandez-Cortes, TC Chakraborty, and Theresa DeConcini www.nber.org/papers/w34739
- Reposted by Clark GrayNew paper in ERL led by Feng Wang evaluating gridded daily climate products. Interesting results include: 1) how day-shifting affects the records; 2) Pierce vs Livneh precip data (a surprise!); and 3) differences don’t really matter for tree growth modeling. doi.org/10.1088/1748...
- Reposted by Clark GrayCall for Applications! NextGenPop is an undergraduate program in population research, 2-week on-campus summer experience and virtual components hosted by the University of Minnesota, June 7 – 19, 2026. Deadline Feb. 5
- Reposted by Clark GrayIt's become fashionable to talk about how a warming planet will see more cold-air outbreaks because of changes to the "polar vortex". But here's the thing: It's not actually happening. www.theclimatebrink.com/p/fact-check...
- Reposted by Clark GrayThat flow tho.
- Reposted by Clark GrayNew paper looks into "The debt burden of tropical cyclones and climate change" => across all TC-exposed countries, debt-to-GDP ratios are on average 30% higher due to the cumulative effects of TCs since 1990, while GDP levels are on average 10% lower eartharxiv.org/repository/v...
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- This is fun! 1. Ecological plant geography 2. Population ecology 3. Statistics for ecologists 4. Third world developmental issues 4. Development economics
- Reposted by Clark GrayPopulation science/demography folks: Looking for a list of journals that either a) don't have OA fees, b) have reasonable OA fees (a few hundred), or c) allow authors to deposit the author's accepted manuscript in PubMed. Does this exist somewhere? Do we need to start such a list?
- Reposted by Clark GrayJob 🚨: The European Institute (@lse-ei.bsky.social) at LSE is hiring an assistant prof in International Migration. I'm not in the hiring committee but happy to answer Qs about the department, LSE or this bloody weather that is actually pretty pretty today. jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
- Reposted by Clark GrayStop Guessing, Start Planning. Ever look at a single snow forecast and think, "But what are the actual odds?" The Probabilistic Precipitation Portal is a resource to help you get ahead of the storm by moving beyond a single number to give you the full picture. www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/Prob_Precip/ 👇
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- "The interim provost’s team found that 28 programs require further review based on their degree production criterion and 19 departments required review based on declining student credit hours. Dean said that after further review, the University will determine which programs to discontinue."
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- "Interannual rainfall variability presents critical challenges across eastern Africa. Our analysis of daily rainfall from the Climate Hazards Group Infrared Precipitation with Stations (CHIRPS) dataset (1982–2023) reveals significant and contrasting shifts across the region."
- Reposted by Clark GrayNEW: India is avoiding the fossil fuel detour 🪝 Where China built first on coal and gas, India is taking a shortcut >>> read in 5 graphics🧵
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- Reposted by Clark Gray@umisr.bsky.social is now accepting applications for the 2026 Junior Professional Researcher Program cohort. JPRP is a two-year paid gig for recent college grads who are considering a career in social science research. isr.umich.edu/training-opp...
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- Reposted by Clark GrayPlease share - multiple summer 2026 in-person undergrad internship opportunities at @pewresearch.org! - religion - digital - social trends - data journalism - global - news - internet - AI - admin - race - science - methods - politics Apply soon! pewtrusts.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Center...
- New paper in Population & Environment w/ @heatherrandell.bsky.social and led by PhD student Sara Ghebremicael! We find that hot/dry conditions during the main growing season and cold/wet conditions during the main harvest season both undermine household food security in Ethiopia:
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- Reposted by Clark GrayThis is exciting! www.dhsprogram.com?fbclid=IwVER...
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- Reposted by Clark Gray176 tiny maps (1850-2025) Maps of temperature anomalies for each year. The progression to warmer, redder colours is evident over virtually the entire planet. This 'small multiples' #dataviz approach is effective to show that nowhere is escaping from the warming due to us burning fossil fuels.
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- Reposted by Clark GrayGlobally, no single day in 2025 was cooler than its 1991-2020 average. climate.copernicus.eu/global-clima...
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- Reposted by Clark Gray🤒Higher temperatures are associated with more violence-related visits, particularly for younger individuals and those with lower income or educational attainment. 👉Read the study by @robbieparks.bsky.social and co-authors at www.nature.com/articles/s44... #sustainability #climatechange 🧪
- Reposted by Clark GrayPopulation & Development Review is seeking applications for Editor(s)! For more info, visit popcouncil.org/wp-content/u...
- Reposted by Clark GrayThe Minnesota Population Center at the University of Minnesota (@minnpop.bsky.social) is hiring a postdoc in Population Health. Happy to chat about the MPC, UMN, and the Twin Cities, which are all awesome in my humble opinion! pop.umn.edu/training/pos...
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- Postdoc with Nina Brooks at U Michigan:
- Reposted by Clark Gray📢JOB OFFER Postdoc fellowship within the project “Climate change-related #mortality in different population groups in urbanized Belgium” (TEMPUR), funded by the FNRS and FWO. 🔎Full details: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/399708 📆Deadline: 15/02
- Reposted by Clark GrayJob: Open-rank position in Environmental Health and Implementation Science in the Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina. uscjobs.sc.edu/postings/196...
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- Reposted by Clark GrayFrom an email to one of our faculty members.... Not even Plato can escape censorship at Texas A&M!
- Reposted by Clark GrayExcited to share a new R package: 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘁 🌡️ `heat` makes it easier to work with climate or other gridded data in applied research, providing a comprehensive + optimized set of tools to compute environmental exposures for admin boundaries or points from gridded/point data. github.com/echolab-stan...
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- Reposted by Clark GrayNew paper, led by Estelle McLean, on the value of data from Health and Demographic Surveillance Systems. These data sources are particularly suitable for complex longitudinal analyses which require consideration of household and familial contexts, but their complexity may result in their under-use
