From Greenland’s Icy Mountains

Genesis 8:22
“While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.”

In the famous 19th century hymn, Bishop Reginald Heber called for the Gospel to go forth “from Greenland’s icy mountains, from India’s coral strand.” Modern climate alarmists would suggest that the ice in Greenland is not as great as it once was.

A study by the University of Lincoln in England suggested that “global sea level rise of at least 10 centimetres by the end of the 21st century if global warming trends continue”. Their conclusions, they report, are based on 30 years of scientific data in Greenland, looking at the melting of the glaciers on that large ice-covered island. The Greenland ice sheet, say the researchers, could potentially raise the entire world’s sea level by seven meters (about 23 feet). One is reminded of a recent documentary by a well-known politician turned environmental campaigner, which started with film of rapidly running water plunging through holes in the ice of Greenland’s glaciers. The unspoken implication was that this was caused by global warming.

In fact, there has been no global warming trend over the last 30 years. Global temperatures rose rapidly in the ‘90s, followed by cooling from 2000 to 2009, with temperatures only picking up again in the last few years. So the idea that the next 80 years of the 21st century will see steady temperature increases is not based on evidence.

As is so often the case, we need to recall that God has promised there will be no catastrophic climate change again until the end of the world.

Prayer: Father, we thank You and praise You for Your wonderful promises in Scripture. Especially, we thank You for the promise of eternal life to all those who come to You in repentance and faith in the Lord Jesus. Amen.

Author: Paul F. Taylor

Ref: University of Lincoln. “New research reveals effect of global warming on Greenland ice melt.” ScienceDaily, 17 August 2020. <www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/08/200817123045.htm>. Image: Rink Glacier in Greenland, US Coastguard, Public Domain image.