Shiv Yücel
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Shiv Yücel
@sgyucel.bsky.social
DPhil Researcher in Geography and the Environment @oxfordgeography.bsky.social @tsuoxford.bsky.social | human mobility, climate adaptation, inequality, geographic data science

Personal website: https://shivyucel.github.io
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⭐ Fantastic to see recent work w/ @timschwanen.bsky.social featured as a Research Highlight in the latest issue of Nature Climate Change. In this work, we examine how people across the Pacific Northwest of North America adapt their various everyday activities to cope with the threat of heatwaves.
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Great to see recent research from @sgyucel.bsky.social & @timschwanen.bsky.social highlighted in Nature Climate Change. bsky.app/profile/sgyu...
⭐ Fantastic to see recent work w/ @timschwanen.bsky.social featured as a Research Highlight in the latest issue of Nature Climate Change. In this work, we examine how people across the Pacific Northwest of North America adapt their various everyday activities to cope with the threat of heatwaves.
September 9, 2025 at 9:44 AM
⭐ Fantastic to see recent work w/ @timschwanen.bsky.social featured as a Research Highlight in the latest issue of Nature Climate Change. In this work, we examine how people across the Pacific Northwest of North America adapt their various everyday activities to cope with the threat of heatwaves.
September 9, 2025 at 7:36 AM
📕 New paper out w/ @timschwanen.bsky.social in Global Environmental Change: "Heatwave adaptation conditioned by everyday life: Analyzing interacting changes to daily activities during Pacific Northwest summers"📕

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July 9, 2025 at 9:45 AM
🚨 Excited to share the pre-print for the 3rd paper from my DPhil research! 🚨

"The joint impact of summer heatwave intensity and heat-vulnerability factors on adaptive responses: A case study using England's National Travel Survey"

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June 19, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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ah I see it's "photo of people enjoying sunshine to illustrate mass heatwave deaths" season again.
Thousands more people could die from overheating each year if Britain does not adapt to a warming world to avert
“tomorrow’s disasters”, the UK government’s climate advisers have warned.

@thecccuk.bsky.social says no sign Labour are taking climate adaptation more seriously than Tories
April 30, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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We are delighted to announce that @ccriadoperez.bsky.social will be giving our Annual Lecture for 2025 on Women, travel and data bias. Book now to join us www.eventbrite.co.uk/manage/event...
January 9, 2025 at 2:09 PM
🌆 ☀️ New pre-print online! “Everyday adaptation to summer heatwaves: A global perspective” with Yuan Liang, Donggen Wang, and @timschwanen.bsky.social.

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Full link to pre-print here: osf.io/preprints/so...
January 6, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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The trends are undeniable.

We are just at the beginning of this.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Climate crisis exposed people to extra six weeks of dangerous heat in 2024
Analysis shows fossil fuels are supercharging heatwaves, leaving millions prone to deadly temperatures
www.theguardian.com
December 27, 2024 at 12:34 PM
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My first post!!! Here is the trailer of INVISIBLE ready for launch at #BOGOSHORTS
INVISIBLE directed by the TSU's Valentina Montoya, co-directed/ produced by Daniel Gomez and Andres Gonzalez is nominated for Best National Short at the Bogotá Short Film Festival - BOGOSHORTS from 5th - 8th December.”https://vimeo.com/901288261
INVISIBLE I Cortometraje documental I Trailer Oficial
Trailer oficial documental INVISIBLE Selección oficial Competencia Nacional Documental Bogoshorts 2022 Un cortometraje documental de Valentina Montoya Robledo…
vimeo.com
November 25, 2024 at 2:50 PM
As Doug Ford (premier of Ontario) planned to tear up Toronto's bike lanes for car space, thought I'd share a visualization pointing out how unequal non-drivers' ability to reach different parts of the city already is

viz/methods here (made 2 years ago): shivyucel.github.io/projects/sta...
November 24, 2024 at 7:45 PM
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As COP29 draws to a close, a new politics of climate resilient development is more urgent than ever putting social justice and ecosystem stewardship at the core, engaging all of society. @ipcc @lisaschipper.bsky.social @nickzimson.bsky.social @bmhayward.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Pathways for urgent action towards climate resilient development - Nature Climate Change
There is a closing window of opportunity to ensure a sustainable future for all, with deep and rapid action needed this decade. Inclusive and just climate resilient development advances sustainable de...
www.nature.com
November 22, 2024 at 10:21 AM
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The latest Global Carbon Budget was released last week by @gsiexeter.bsky.social. I wanted to share some findings I thought were important. It includes some positive notes for a domain that can (rightfully) often be filled with warnings. I'll start from the most to the least worst point. A 🧵
November 21, 2024 at 4:02 PM
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Just for the record, a complete 🧵 of my 🧵 on adaptation.
bsky.app/profile/lisa...

Part I
Since COP29 is turning into an adaptation COP, I am bringing some of my past threads on adaptation from another place here.

PART I: A 🧵 on adaptation and development over the years, digging deep back to the 1990s through to current scholarship.
November 19, 2024 at 3:27 PM
I've seen a Guardian article on impossible heatwaves circulating widely, and wanted to share a couple of books on heatwaves I've come across in my PhD research (1/2):

www.theguardian.com/environment/....
Climate crisis to blame for dozens of ‘impossible’ heatwaves, studies reveal
Exclusive: Analyses are stark evidence of how global heating is already supercharging deadly weather beyond anything ever experienced by humanity
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2024 at 3:02 PM
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#ClimateCrisis to blame for dozens of ‘impossible’ heatwaves, studies reveal

Exclusive: Stark evidence of how global heating is already supercharging deadly weather beyond anything ever experienced by humanity

#COP29
Story by me
Data @carbonbrief.org
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Climate crisis to blame for dozens of ‘impossible’ heatwaves, studies reveal
Exclusive: Analyses are stark evidence of how global heating is already supercharging deadly weather beyond anything ever experienced by humanity
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2024 at 8:19 AM