Protecting God’s Creation
Liberty University
Interdisciplinary Studies
APA
Introduction
“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth” (Genesis 1:1, NIV). The first verse of the Bible clearly states the earth and all of its inhabitants are God’s creation; therefore we are merely tenants of what is rightfully His. God has created mankind above all else and entrusted us with ruling over the land, seas, and skies, while caring for all living things. To understand our roles, we must understand the inherent responsibility of a ruler and a tenant. Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary (2014) defines a Ruler as someone responsible for commanding a certain area, group, or people; and a Tenant as “one who has the occupation or
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Approximately the same amount of water exists on the earth today as there was when the God created the earth; however, the percentage of clean, potable water has decreased from contamination and pollution. As our water supply diminishes, it is not replenished, and this will inevitably lead to a water shortage in the future.
The Fight Against Global Warming Global warming, suitably named, is the increase in temperatures around the Earth. The scientific community has concluded “There's a better than 90% probability that human-produced greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide, have caused much of the observed increase in Earth's temperatures over the past 50 years” (Earth Science Communications Team, NASA, 2014). Global warming is directly linked to the recent increase of catastrophic storms and natural disasters around the globe. Over the past 30 years, the same timeframe scientist have deemed to be have the greatest impact from global warming, we have also seen a tremendous influx in storm activity and strength. This in turn suggests global warming is responsible for the increased number deaths and injuries caused by heatwaves, floods, storms, and droughts. As the earth’s temperature continues to rise, and global warming progresses, many plants, animals, and humans, will no longer thrive in their current habitats. Intensive research is being conducted in order to identify all the contributing factors to global
That means we do not have the right to do with the earth as we see fit. We cannot exploit the land and suck it dry of all of its natural resources. To be a steward is to manage the property of another; that means to care for it and use it properly, not exploit or abuse the resources of the master. On the other hand, we are not to revere or worship the earth as God’s creation to the point where we fail to “subdue” it. God commands us to have dominion over the animal kingdom and to subdue the earth (Genesis 1:28). Pro-environmental groups like Deep Ecology believe that humans have an obligation to themselves and the environment as well. They believe that all forms of life have the right to exist, and that humans aren 't any different from other species. They basically say that humans are equal to other species. (“Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy”). This is the sin that Saint Paul refers to: “Because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever” (King James Version, Romans 1:25). Just as it is a sin to ruthlessly exploit the earth and its resources for greedy gain, so too is it a sin to revere the earth as an object of worship. We must walkout a balance between worship and exploitation, and that is where the stewardship model comes in.
Global warming is the recent and ongoing rise of temperature on a global scale. Over the past century, the Earth's average temperature has risen 1.4°F (Carlowicz, 2010). Global warming is the effect of an excessive amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Greenhouse gasses trap heat from escaping back into space to keep the Earth from freezing, this is called the Greenhouse Effect. An excessive amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere trap too much heat, thus, causing Earth's temperature to rise.
Global warming is the rise of average temperature in the earth’s atmosphere since the late 19th century. Since the beginning of the early 20th century, the earths mean surface temperature had increased by around 0.8 degrees. Warming of the climate system had become more obvious and scientists are 90% sure that the main cause of the increase in temperature in due to the increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases due to human activities such as deforestation and burning of fossil fuels.
The world needs water and there are sometimes limitations. The amount of water on Earth has not changed, but people still worry about water shortage because of the population growth. Droughts are limiting the fresh water and a solution is desalinization. Water pollution is also a problem, but there are many things to stop it. Humans need to work together to prevent these things.
Global warming is the rising of temperatures on the surface of the earth due to the trapping of heat rising from the earth’s surface. It is caused by the destruction of the Ozone layer by the carbon dioxide emitted mostly from the burning of the fossil fuel and the deforestation. The ozone layer is a layer of oxygen in the atmosphere responsible for absorbing the heat from the earth’s surface.
Global warming is a term used to describe the slow change in Earth’s overall temperature. This topic recently started being heavily recorded and studied by scientists. Politics started including it around the 1990’s. The boost of greenhouse gases caused by human burning of fossil fuels, industrial farming, and deforestation activities are what people tend to blame for
Nowadays, the whole world are paying attention on the controversy about climate change and global warming. Hot topics include whether global warming is occurring, warming level in modern times, causes, effects and what that action should be taken (Science Daily). On one hand, there is a strong consensus that human and industries take main responsibility for the rapid increase of global surface temperatures in recent decades, and greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide is the major cause of global warming. Meanwhile, some people that come from organizations with
Global Warming is a high rise in the usual climate heat on the Earth's surface. People often use the term climate change to refer mainly to the warming observed since the middle 1800's. Scientists guess that Earth's normal surface temperature rose by about 0.76 Celsius degrees or 1.4 Fahrenheit degrees from the middle 1800's to the 2000's. Researchers have also found that most of the temperature rise happened from the middle 1900's to the 2000's. Normal processes have caused Earth's weather to change in the distant past. But scientists have found big evidence that people activities have caused most of the warming since the middle 1900's.
Global warming is a gradual increase in the overall temperature of the earth's atmosphere generally attributed to the greenhouse effect caused by increased levels of carbon dioxide, chlorofluorocarbons, and other pollutants. (What is global warming, google.com). Scientists have stated that the rise in average temperatures worldwide since the late 1800s. Earth's temperature has gone up by 1.4 degrees over the past century, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. Temperatures are to rise another 2 to 11.5 degrees over the next 100 years (what is global warming, livescience.com). Human are one of the main causes for global warming, all of the cars, factors and electricity production they have created. They have also created Greenhouse which gases
"We call them dumb animals, and so they are, for they cannot tell us how they feel, but they do not suffer less because they have no words” (Anna Sewell). There is undeniable evidence that animals are being affected by climate change. Even though the effects are difficult to measure, there are many different ways animals are being affected. With the loss of predator and prey species it affects the life cycles in the food chain. The earth’s climate change causes habitats such as snow, ice, or forest areas to alter, resulting in loss of habitat and food accessibility as well as causing extinction.
Intro: Global warming is a horror that you’d never think would affect you, but can give you that rude awakening when your house is slowly submerging, due to rising sea levels, or when you step outside and it gets that much harder to breathe, or realizing that these
From a scientific point of view, the author describes and substantiates the existence of global warming and also observes the potential effects it could result in. These include of rising sea levels, shifted climate patterns, increased threats to infectious diseases, extreme global temperatures, and coastal erosion. But ultimately, the report informs readers that the degree to which global warming affects life on Earth primarily depends on our decisions.
“Global warming” refers to the observed phenomenon of a marked rise in average global temperatures since around 1950. One must hasten to note that the question whether the earth is warming is a separate question from why the earth is warming. Most scientists who study global warming believe that it is due to the increasing release of greenhouse gases (which reflect infrared light radiated from the earth back into the atmosphere, which keeps them it from escaping into space) and increase the net amount of heat on the planet.
Global warming has become a world wide issue and an issue that is causing great controversy. It is an increase in the earth's atmospheric and oceanic temperatures widely predicted to occur due to an increase in the greenhouse effect resulting especially from pollution (Dictionary). Global warming is a natural process, but because of increase in certain activities this process is taking a faster and more dangerous route creating global problems. Global warming was first theorized in 1894 by Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier a French mathematician, who noticed the earth was gradually increasing in temperature. He came to the conclusion that the earth’s atmosphere was trapping solar radiation caused by the sun and reflecting this radiation back to
The term “global warming” refers to an abnormal, increasing average temperature of the planet. The average temperature has fluctuated constantly throughout the whole time the Earth has existed, but recently the climate has changed in ways it has not done earlier, as well as more rapidly than it ever has before. The natural reasons for the climate to change are still occurring, but with an addition of some thought to be caused by human activities. The primary cause behind the increasing temperature is according to NASA large amount of greenhouse gases being released into the air when fossil fuels are being burnt. The higher temperatures are said to cause for example melting glaciers and increased coastal erosion. The melting of ice results in negative changes to the ecosystem of the affected