Stephen Young

Professor Young is a former chair of the Department of Geography at Salem State University where he uses remote sensing (satellite imaging) to analyze climate change and deforestation. He received his Ph.D. in geography from Clark University, a master's degree in environmental science from Yale University and a B.A. in environmental studies from the University of Vermont. His geographic areas of expertise include northeastern North America and China. In addition to his academic research, he bridges the arts and sciences through art gallery exhibitions which try to expose the public to science and geography. In the summer of 2015 his exhibition Macro or Micro? (with Salem State University Biology professor Paul Kelly) was on display at the Museum of Science in Boston, MA and at the Sazmanab Institute of Contemporary Art in Tehran, Iran.

Please see my home page:

http://dgl.salemstate.edu/geography/profs/young/

Environment and Climate Change

2021  Young, S.S. and Young, J.S., 2021. Overall Warming with Reduced Seasonality: Temperature Change in New England, USA, 1900–2020. Climate, 9(12), p.176.

2020    Young, S.S. and Wamburu, P. Comparing drone-derived elevation data with air-borne LiDAR to analyze coastal sea level rise at the local level. Papers in Applied Geography, pp.1-10.

2020    Thiebault, K. and Young, S.S., Snow cover change and its relationship with land surface temperature and vegetation in northeastern North America from 2000 to 2017. International Journal of Remote Sensing. DOI:10.1080/01431161.2020.1779379

2014       “Living with Vulnerability” Flood Vulnerability Map of Salem Massachusetts

2013       Silvern, S. and S. S.Young. Global Environmental Change and Sustainability, InTech Open Access Publisher. ISBN 978-953-51-1094-1.

2012       Young, S.S. and D. Bardati. Co-editor of a special edition (Environmental Change in Northeastern North America) of the journal The Northeastern Geographer, volume 4 number 2.

2012       Young, S.S. and S. Silvern. International Perspectives on Global Environmental Change, InTech Open Access Publisher. ISBN 978-953-307-815-1.

2011       Young, S.S. Geoinformatics and the Mapping of Lands Vulnerable to Sea Level Rise. In Geoinformatics for Climate Change Studies. Edited by P.K. Joshi, A. Joshi, and T.P. Singh. New Delhi: TERI Press. Chapter4 pp. 109-127.

Deforestation / Environmental Conservation

2021    Wang, L., Ren, G., Hua, F., Young, S., Wang, W., Yang, C., & Zhu, J. Integrating habitat availability into restoration efforts for biodiversity conservation: Evaluating effectiveness and setting priorities. Biological Conservation, 257, 109127.

2021    Bremer, M. and S.S. Young. Land Cover Change in a Ghanaian Sacred Forest. In ed. Silvern, S.E. and Davis, E.H., Religion, Sustainability, and Place (pp. 149-171). Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore.

2016    Wang, L., Young, S.S., Wang, W., Ren, G.P., Xiao, W., Long, Y.C., Li, J.S., Zhu, J.G., Conservation priorities of forest ecosystems with evaluations of connectivity and future threats: Implications in the Eastern Himalaya of China. Biological Conservation. 195: 128-135.

2015       Ren, G.P., Young, S.S., Wang, L., Wang, W., Long, Y.C., Wu, R.D., Li, J.S., Zhu, J.D., Yu, D.W. 2014. Deforestation in China and Effectiveness of National Nature Reserves in protecting Forest Protection from 2000 to 2010. Biological Conservation – accepted

2014       Wang, L., Young, S.S., Wang, W., Ren, G.P., Xiao, W., Long, Y.C., Li, J.S., Zhu, J.G., Forest change patterns in response to government forest conservation policies in the Eastern Himalaya of China. Under review

2007       Jeyaseelan, A.T., Roy, P.S. and S.S. Young. Persistent Changes in NDVI between 1982 and 2003 over India using AVHRR GIMMS (Global Inventory Modeling and Mapping Studies) data. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 28(21): 1-20.

2005       Young, S.S., and R. Harris, Changing patterns of global-scale vegetation photosynthesis, 1982-1999. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 26(20): 4537-4563.

2004       Young, S.S., Satellite Detected Broad-Scale Vegetation Change in China, 1982 – 1999. Asian Geographer. 22(1-2): 123-142.

2003       Wang, Z.J., and S. S. Young, Differences in bird diversity between two Swidden Agricultural sites in mountainous terrain, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China. Biological Conservation. 110: 231-243.

Human Rights

2014       O’Connell, T, and S.S. Young. No more Hidden Secrets: Human Rights and Remote Sensing. Genocide Studies and Prevention Journal. Vol. 8: Iss. 3: 5-31.

Interdisciplinary Art Exhibits

Mapping Climate Change on the North Shore of Massachusetts: Taking Action with Modern Mapping Techniques. This is an exhibition curated by Stephen Young using his research work alongside other SSU faculty, graduate students and alumni. http://dgl.salemstate.edu/geography/Profs/Young/ART/Great%20Marsh/GM-index.htm

2020    “Mapping Climate Change” Unitarian Universalist Church of Greater Lynn. January 19 – February 28.

2019    “Mapping Climate Change” Greenbelt (Essex County Land Trust).  October 6 – 18.

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Macro or Micro is an exhibit by S. Young (Geography) and Paul Kelly (Biology), Salem State University.http://dgl.salemstate.edu/geography/profs/young/ART/Macro-Micro/MM-index.htm

2017    Young, S.S., Kelly, P. Macro or Micro? A Visual Art Exhibition Challenging Our Perceptions of Scale. Geohumanities. Volume 3, Number 1 250-265. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/2373566X.2017.1295815

2015       “Macro or Micro?” Museum of Science, Boston, MA. Summer

2015       “Macro or Micro?” Sazmanab Center for Contemporary Art, Tehran, Iran. June 19 to July 10

2014       “Macro or Micro?” Class of 1970 Café Gallery, George C. Gordon Library, Worcester, MA. Aug 28 – Dec 19

2013       “Macro or Micro?” Winfisky Gallery, Salem. MA. October

2013       “Macro or Micro?” Traina Center for the Visual and Performing Arts, Clark University Worcester, MA. October.

Smithsonian blog about the exhibition:

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/macro-or-micro-test-your-sense-of-scale-2208824/

Huffington Post blog about the exhibition:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/26/micro-or-macro-amazing-nature-images_n_4151127.html

Science Illustrated (translated into 10 Nordic languages) Swedish:

http://illvet.se/naturen/mikro-eller-makro-kan-du-se-skillnad-paa-nara-och-fjarran

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Solo Art Exhibits

These exhibits demonstrate the basic scientific aspects of remote sensing in an artistic format.

http://dgl.salemstate.edu/geography/profs/young/ART/ART.HTM

2008       “North Africa from Space” Tunis, Tunisia – August.

2008       “Return of The Earth Exposed” Winfisky Gallery, Salem. MA. March.

2006       “Return of The Earth Exposed” Sasaki Associates, Watertown, MA, Oct 19 – Dec 8.

2006       “Australia from Space” Brisbane, Australia, July 3 - 30; Canberra: August, Sydney: September.

2005       “The Earth Exposed.” National Science Foundation.  Arlington, Virginia. Nov 29, 04 – Mar 4, 05.

2004       “The Earth Exposed” Esther M. Klein Art Gallery, Philadelphia, PA. March 14 – April 15.

2001       “The Earth Exposed” ArtWorks!, New Bedford, MA, September – October.

2001       “The Earth Exposed” Sasaki Associates, Watertown, MA, February 15 – May 15.

2000       "The Earth Exposed," Clark University, Worcester, MA. November 13 - December 15.

1999       "Ipswich Sanctuary from Space," Audubon Society, Topsfield, MA. Dec 1999 - May, 2000.

1998       "Salem from Space," Winfisky Gallery, Salem. MA. November.