Environmental Science

From Six Days & Other Biblical Perspectives: Enhanced edition

Five Global Warning Claims—Are They True?

Are we causing global warming?. Will many animals and plants go extinct? Global warming has been blamed for increased hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, droughts, and extreme temperatures. While many people support laws to reduce CO₂ emissions, believing that this will appreciably slow the progress of global warming, we must consider whether the science supports this claim.

Climate Change Disagreements

The debate over climate change is far from a settled issue even among secular scientists. There is a lot of controversy, not over climate change itself, as everyone agrees climate changes, but over the cause of such changes, specifically whether man has contributed significantly to such changes.

The Ice Age

Simulations confirm that warm oceans after the Genesis Flood caused intense evaporation and snow and ice storms during a single Ice Age of short duration. If we use God’s Word as our starting point, we do not need to rely on unknown mechanisms that require hundreds of thousands of years. The Bible gives us the big picture that helps make sense of our world.

Earth Day Challenge

A proper and balanced perspective on caring for the Earth and its inhabitants comes not from merely promoting “environmental awareness” but is only found within the biblical framework, i.e. recognizing humans were created by a loving God and given the responsibility to rule over, subdue, and care for the rest of the Creation, once “very good,” but now suffering from the curse of sin.

Environmental Science Topics

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  Climate Change

  Both the media and popular culture are saturated in the hype of global warming and climate change. How should Christians understand this sensitive issue?

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  Ice Age

  How should the Ice Age, glaciers, and wooly mammoths be understood within the framework of the Bible’s history?

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  Stewardship

  God has commanded man to be a good steward of the earth that He entrusted to us. In a time of almost cultish concern for the earth, how do Christians respond?

News About Environmental Science

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  Environmentalist “Doom-and-Gloom” Predictions Haven’t Come True

  

  April 29, 2019 from Ken Ham’s Blog

  An article highlights one of the reasons why Christians shouldn’t buy into every alarmist and dire claim—many of the “gloomy predictions” haven’t come to pass.

Articles About Environmental Science

• Go (Truly) Green—by Starting with Genesis

  

  April 22, 2018

  Many evolutionists are celebrating Earth Day by telling the world to stop climate change by “going green.”

• Magazine Article

  Caring About Creation for the Right Reasons

  

  June 5, 2017 from Answers Magazine

  Some people believe creation is something we should worship. Others believe its purpose is to serve mankind’s greater good. Which view is right?

• Earth Day—A Christian Perspective

  

  April 22, 2017

  April 22 marks the 31st celebration of Earth Day—an effort initiated to increase awareness about environmental issues.

• Magazine Article

  Alabama’s Underwater Forest

  

  Dec. 4, 2016 from Answers Magazine

  Remnants of a cypress forest were recently discovered off Alabama’s coast. What climate changes could explain such a massive rise in ocean level?

• Arbor Day: Celebrating God’s Design for Trees

  

  April 29, 2016

  Whether you realize it or not, trees are quietly providing mankind with many benefits besides their aesthetic appeal.

• The Evolution of the Permian Extinction?

  

  Dec. 23, 2015 from Countering the Culture

  Geologists claim their work with the fossil Dicynodon shows that the supposed terrestrial mass extinction happened before the marine extinction.

• How “Evolution” Might Save Coral Reefs

  

  Dec. 21, 2015 from Countering the Culture

  What can we do to help corals survive and why should we want to?

• Magazine Department Article

  Cloudy with a Chance of Awesome

  April 1, 2015 from Answers Magazine

  A thunderstorm is awe inspiring, but an even more awesome display of God’s power is the supercell.

• Magazine Department Article

  The Everlasting Storm

  Jan. 1, 2014 from Answers Magazine

  If lightning never strikes the same place twice, it’s running out of options on the Catatumbo River in Venezuela, South America.

• Magazine Article

  Environmental Clean-Up Crew

  

  April 1, 2013 from Answers Magazine

  Did the Creator foresee the biological resources we would need to help correct our mistakes, as we fulfill His command to “subdue the earth”?

• Pollution Evolution

  Feb. 26, 2011 from News to Know

  Another prominently reported example of “evolution” illustrates just the opposite—and supports the creationist critique of Darwinian evolution.

• Feedback Article

  The Collapse of the Canopy Model

  Sept. 25, 2009 from Feedback

  Why does AiG suggest not using the vapor canopy model? Bodie Hodge, AiG–U.S., explains why the model fails biblically and scientifically.

• Magazine Article

  Conservation Clashes

  March 1, 2002, pp. 5–6

  Last issue's environment article got the most response. We list the main objections here, followed by comment in brackets.

• Magazine Article

  Tropical Rainforests—a Created Treasure Trove!

  Dec. 1, 1993, pp. 26–28

  Amid the pessimism and gloom over the future of the rainforests of the earth, conservation funds are being obtained from the pharmaceutical industry.