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Dr. Stephen S. Young

 

Geography Department

 

Salem State University

352 Lafayette Street
Salem, MA 01970

 
    Research                                          Dr. Stephen S. Young  

 

Professional Biography
 
Research Interests    
Art & Science - Gallery Exhibitions

Global  Environmental Change

Climate Change & Northeast North America

Biodiversity, Forests, China

 
Curriculum Vitae (pdf)
Education

Work History

Publications

Art Gallery Exhibitions

 
  Prof. Young's YouTube Climate Change Lectures
  2025 - Beverly MA Library
  2024 - MetroWest Climate Solutions
  2023 - SSU Darwin Festival Lecture
   
   

  SSU-based Research   Art & Science Project
 

Climate Change & Northeast North America 

 

Art Exhibitions

  Overall Warming with Reduced Seasonality: Temperature Change in New England, USA, 1900-2020.

One of the most viewed papers in the Journal Climate, this paper documents the warming of New England by season and shows that New England is warmin faster than the world average.

Press - Boston Globe

  Art Exhibit Posters

Geography as Art

Here are the art exhibition posters for Professor Young's art exhibitions from 1998 to the present, including shows at the Boston Science Museum, the headquarters of the National Science Foundation and international shows in Canada, Tunisia, Iran and Australia.

       
  Snow cover change and its relationship with land surface temperature and vegetation in northeastern North America from 2000 to 2017

This paper in the International Journal of Remote Sensing shows the relationship of snow cover and land surface temperature in Northeast North America where as snow cover declines surface tempertaure increases because snow cover reflects sunlight (heat) back to space.

  Climate Change: Taking Action with Modern Mapping Techniques

Exhibition of climate change issues for the North Shore of Massachusetts, highlight the use of geospatial technologies in our understanding of climate change.

       
  Living with Vulnerability

Map of Salem, MA showing potential floodingif Salem was hit by a major storm like Sandy.

  Macro or Micro?

An art & science exhibition which challenges our perception of scale. This exhibition now has an outdoor version as well as a gallery version.

       
  Climate & Vegetation Change in NE North America

Research article: Satellite Detection of Vegetation Change in NE North America in The Northeastern Geographer - special issue: Climate Change - volume 4 pages 4-28 by Kristen Thiebault & Stephen Young

  Macro or Micro? Misinterpreting the Unfamiliar: Iran & the United States

This exhibition in the summer of 2015 explored the concept of misinterpreting another culture when we are isolated from each other. This exhibition was featured at the Sazmanab Contemporray Art Gallerty and also at Tehran University.

       
  Environmental Change in NE North America

Opening editorial for a special issue of the Northeastern geographer on environmnetal change.

  The Earth Exposed Art Exhibition

This exhibition uses images of the Earth from Space to demonstrate the different ways that we use satellite imagery to understand our world scientifically.

       
  Land Surface Temperature Change in NE North America

Research article: Satellite Detection of Land Surface Temperature Change in NE North America in The Northeastern Geographer

  Australia From Space Art Exhibition

This exhibition in the summer of 2006 was a traveling exhibition in Austrlia going to: Brisbane, Canberra, and Sydney.

Press: Look what's going on Down-Under!

       
  Is Salem Ready for a Superstorm?

News Article in the Salem News about the "Living with Vulnerability" map

   
       
  Northeastern Geographer

Volume 4(2) 2012

Special Issue: Environmental Change in Northeastern North America

  NESTVAL -2009

Geography Conference had at Salem 

State University in November, 2009.

 

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