Climate scientists have misinterpreted earth history by rejecting the biblical revelation of a global flood only a few thousand years ago that provides an explanation for the Ice Age and past climate change. Instead, they believe the Ice Age was caused by minor fluctuations i solar heating over millions of years. Consequently, they believe a minor change in global heating introduced by even small amounts of gases or particulates in the atmosphere could cause the earth to reach a "tipping point" and lead to a "runaway greenhouse" or to enter another ice age.
From a creationist perspective, if the Ice Age was a consequence of the catastrophic processes of the Genesis Flood, then earth's climate would not be sensitive to minor influences. The climate appears to be a highly stable system and exhibits oscillations around an equilibrium level rather than being susceptible to transitions to new states. The earth-sun system does oscillate over short periods of time, as evidenced by minor heating and cooling and by the variation in the number of sunspots. But, these fluctuations do not destabilize the climate. So, the introduction of minor changes in gases or particulates in the atmosphere should not cause major changes but rather minor departures from an equilibrium state.
The primary cause of the conflict in the global warming debate is not the observation that carbon dioxide has increased int he atmosphere or that a small amount of warming has occurred, but that the Bible has been rejected as a source of important revelation about earth history. Scripture assures us that "while the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease" (Genesis 8:22).
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Extracted from an article by Larry Vardiman, Ph.D. in the Acts & Facts Newsletter, Nov. 2011. Dr. Vardiman is Senior Research Scientist, Astro/Geophysics at the Institute for Creation Research.
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