**Meet the editors**

Professor Stephen S. Young is a former chair of the Department of Geography at Salem State University where he focuses on remote sensing, vegetation change and the geography of Asia. His recent work has centered on environmental change in NE North America and the mapping of lands vulnerable to sea level rise. Dr. Young's research has appeared in journals such as: Bio-

logical Conservation, Biotropica, Forest Ecology & Management, International Journal of Remote Sensing, Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing, International Journal of Applied Geospatial Research, Mountain Research and Development, and Vegetatio among others. He received his PhD in geography from Clark University, a MA degree in environmental science from Yale University and a BA in environmental studies from the University of Vermont. In addition to his environmental research, he bridges the arts and sciences through art gallery exhibitions which expose the public to science and geography. His exhibition, The Earth Exposed, has been displayed in over a dozen galleries including the headquarters of the National Science Foundation as well as being displayed in Australia and Tunisia.

Dr. Steven E. Silvern is an Associate Professor of Geography at Salem State University where his teaching and research interests focus on indigenous peoples, environmental sustainability, climate change and the geography of the Middle East. His research examines the complex political and cultural geographies of Native American sovereignty, hunting and fishing treaty rights.

His most recent research has centered on the emergence of alternative food geographies, and sustainable agriculture in Northeastern North America. Dr. Silvern's research has appeared in journals such as Political Geography, Historical Geography and American Indian Culture and Research Journal. He is a contributor to the Association of American Geographers' Center for Global Geography Education where he co-authored an on-line instructional learning module on global climate change. Dr. Silvern is the editor of The Northeastern Geographer: Journal of the New England - St. Lawrence Valley Geographical Society (a regional division of the Association of American Geographers), an annual peer-reviewed publication. He received his PhD in geography from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, a MA in geography from the University of Illinois-Urbana, and a BA in biology from Clark University.

Contents

**Preface IX** 

**Part 1 Climate Change 1** 

Diógenes S. Alves

Rajan R. Patil

Chapter 1 **Two Cultures, Multiple Theoretical Perspectives:** 

**in Earth System Research 3** 

**the South China Sea 25**  Hong Ao and Guoqiao Xiao

Chapter 3 **Climate Change and Health Effects 35** 

Ali Nefzaoui, Habib Ketata and Mohammed El Mourid

**Evolutionary Rescue? 85**  Lars A. Bach and Cino Pertoldi

**in Spain? 107** 

**Part 2 Historical Environmental Change 105** 

Chapter 6 **How Did Past Environmental Change Affect** 

María T. Alberdi, José L. Prado, Esperanza Cerdeño and Beatriz Azanza

Chapter 4 **Agricultural Technological and Institutional** 

**Innovations for Enhanced Adaptation to Environmental Change in North Africa 57** 

Chapter 5 **Possible Evolutionary Response to Global Change –** 

**Carnivore Diversity and Home-Range-Size** 

Chapter 2 **History and Prediction of the Asian Monsoon** 

**The Problem of Integration of Natural and Social Sciences** 

**and Glacial Terminations, Based on Records from** 
