I have written a number of posts on this blog about sea level rise and failing glacier systems in the Arctic, in Greenland, and in the Antarctic.  I have taken care to point out that each and every study that comes out on glacier failure is more grim than that last, and that every new time-line is […]

The world is facing an array of crises and, in almost all cases, the crises are of the creeping kind.  That is to say, the crises gradually and inexorably marches along as opposed to a sudden event like an earthquake.  When there is a creeping crisis (and drought in California and Brazil and so many […]

Is it possible to have an Arctic ice record low during the height of the ice season?  Yes.  The arctic ice field, which used to grow well over 16 million square kilometers at the peak of the season (which basically falls somewhere in the first week of March), this year did not exceed 14 million […]

Right about now is the time of year when the Arctic ice field reaches its maximum extent – its largest size.  Forty years ago that meant that it reached a size of well over 16 million square kilometers.  Since that time (and since we have had accurate satellite measurement), the arctic ice field has steadily gotten smaller and […]

Chances are pretty good that you have not been obsessively tracking the profound amount of  heat that has built up in the Arctic Ocean over the past few seasons.  That being the case, it is almost a certainty that you have not been looking at how all that anomalous heat is interacting with the atmosphere and affecting things such […]

A new study out this week looks at the loss of agricultural soil around the world due to the build-up of salt in the soil.  Reading the article, it was not at all clear to me if the researchers looked at just salt (sodium chloride) or if they also looked at “salts” or chemical residues broadly included […]

There is a reason that God did not want  sin to enter the universe, and that is because it destroys everything it touches.  Sin is, at its core, rebellion against God and rejection of God, and it separates creation from Creator.  Since God is the source of all life and the maintainer of order (we […]

Once in a while an article comes along that is so very thoughtful, so very articulate, and so very meaningful to thinking Christians and yet, was not necessarily written by a Christian and was not written from a Christian perspective.  The article “New Weird Order” by Tom Engelhardt (of TomDispatch.com) is just such an article.  The article basically […]

There is a new study out by scientists at the University of New South Wales that looks at how “unprecedented” increases in trade wind strength in the tropics is changing circulation patterns of ocean water and driving warm water deep into the ocean (and bringing up cooler water).  The study essentially pieces together a puzzle […]