The burning of petroleum (and other fossil fuels) is a primary contributor to the increase of CO2 in the Earth's atmosphere. Burning of plant material, on the other hand, does not increase the concentration of CO2, because the carbon in the plant came from the atmosphere in the first place, through the process of photosynthesis. …
Category: Climate Change
Southern Baptists and global warming
Don, at The Evangelical Ecologist, has a couple posts on a new statement written by some Southern Baptist leaders who feel their denomination's stance on anthropogenic climate change and other environmental issues is too weak: A Southern Baptist Declaration on the Environment and Climate Change An Open Letter to Southern Baptists One thing I appreciate …
The Christian global warming guy
The former head of the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) scientific assessment team is John Houghton, a physicist who has been studying carbon dioxide in the atmosphere for forty years. He has a better understanding of the science of atmospheric CO2 than just about anyone, so we should pay attention to what he says. …
Al Gore — Nobel Peace Prize (part 2)
The Evangelical Ecologist (not normally a pro-Al Gore site) also approves of the choice of Al Gore and the IPCC for the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. Read it here: Credit where it's due. Grace and Peace
Al Gore — Nobel Peace Prize
Unlike many in the conservative blogosphere, I am not upset that Al Gore shared in this year's Nobel Peace Prize. I believe that the evidence is fairly strong that some degree of global warming is occurring, and that part of this is not natural; i.e. that it is due to human emissions of greenhouse gases. …
It’s All a Matter of Perspective
News headline: France's washout summer fails to deter tourists PARIS (AFP) - It's official: France's rainy, grey and generally cold summer has been the worst for the past 30 years, the weather service said Friday, but tourist arrivals were the highest in five years. July and August were wet across two-thirds of the country while …
Creation Care Skeptics
From Christianity Today: Dobson, Others Seek Ouster of NAE Vice President. Subtitle: Interim president Leith Anderson says he supports Richard Cizik's work on creation care. More than two dozen evangelical leaders are seeking the ouster of the Rev. Richard Cizik from the National Association of Evangelicals because of his "relentless campaign" against global warming. In …
U.S. Hardiness Zones and Climate Change
The National Arbor Day Foundation has released maps with revised "hardiness zones." These zones can be used for determining which plants can be grown in certain parts of the United States. For example, a Norway spruce grows well in zones 3 through 7, but would not grow well in much of the South. These maps …
Sea Level Rising
Sea level is rising! Coastal areas are going to be inundated! Billions of eco-refugees are going to be knocking on your door! Or maybe not. Here's some perspective on sea level rise: The recently-released IPCC Report (Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis Summary for Policymakers) does not portray catastrophic sea level increases. Their projection …
A Lot of Gas
A commonly expressed argument against human-induced global warming is that A single eruption the size of the Mt. St. Helens eruption released more of these [greenhouse] gases, dust and ash into the atmosphere than all such emissions by human activity since the beginning of recorded human history. And there are numerous volcanic eruptions yearly. I …
Global Warming & Wayne Grudem
Last week, I linked to a Christianity Today article on global warming. I've been thinking about a quote by theologian Wayne Grudem in the CT article: Activities that produce carbon dioxide—such as "breathing, building a fire to cook or keep warm, driving a car or tractor, or burning coal to produce electricity … [are] morally …
More Climate Change
More on climate change: Christianity Today has posted an article on climate change: Cool on Climate Change. The article highlights the Interfaith Stewardship Alliance. The opening paragraphs of the article read: A new coalition argues Christians need not heed warnings that millions will die from human-induced global warming and says we should seek more practical …
Global Warming Report (Part 2)
My friend Glenn Brooke has written further thoughts regarding my post "Global Warming Report." Read it here. Grace and Peace
Global Warming Report
The U.S. National Academy of Sciences has published an article on global temperature change. Here is the abstract: Global surface temperature has increased ~0.2°C per decade in the past 30 years, similar to the warming rate predicted in the 1980s in initial global climate model simulations with transient greenhouse gas changes. Warming is larger in …
Arctic sea ice
According to NASA, Arctic sea ice is melting at an accelerating rate. NASA image. Yellowish areas of the ocean were covered with winter ice a few years ago, but are now open water year-round. Global warming is certainly occuring. Is it human-induced? Is it part of a natural cycle? I don't know, but the questions …
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