Human Activity in China and India Dominates the Greening of Earth, NASA Study Shows
NASA has published an article concerning a recent study about the recent increase in global leaf area – and humanity's involvement therein.
Human Activity in China and India Dominates the Greening of Earth, NASA Study ShowsNASA has published an article concerning a recent study about the recent increase in global leaf area – and humanity's involvement therein. |
Call for science and theology papers for NZ July conference Our friends in New Zealand have advised us of the Science and Theology track at the upcoming ANZATS conference in New Zealand from July 1 to 3. Nicola Hoggard Creegan (who some ISCASTians will have met at COSAC 2018) is coordinating the stream and would love to have submissions.
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Caring for Creation on the Coast "It’s been a scorching summer and you may have found yourself down at the beach a few times. But how much do you know about the wildlife that lives on our beaches and in our seas? Last year I was introduced to Sea Watch: a programme that encourages the public to help those who work in the field learn more about the species that use our seas. Exmoor National Park were running a Sea Watch Training Day for anyone interested and had asked Lee Abbey to host it. As a member of the Lee Abbey community, and soon to be their Environmental Coordinator, I got the opportunity to join in." |
The priest and climate change ... "that's not how science works" says ISCAST ED in The Conversation According to ISCAST Executive Director, Chris Mulherin, "sceptics should stop demanding proof of climate change, because that’s not how science works." |
ISCAST Board devotional, October 16 2018: ISCAST and the Kingdom of God ISCAST Board Devotional, 16 October 2018, by ISCAST Secretary, Richard Gijsbers |
Australia's energy insanity is an issue for Christians ... So says ISCAST fellow Ian Hore-Lacy in an article arguing that nuclear energy is the only sensible and moral option to supply base-load power in Australia. It's a provocative position in a country where nuclear is too hot to handle. |
What can climate science teach us about stewardship? ISCAST Executive Director, Chris Mulherin, was recently interviewed on Hope Radio station's "Open House with Stephen O'Doherty" about climate science and Christian stewardship. |
Videos from COSAC 2018 Some talks and lectures were live-streamed on the ISCAST Facebook page during COSAC 2018. What a wealth of fascinating talks! |
How did the Reformation reform the study of nature? Although too much can be made of connections between Protestantism and science, it is not coincidental that the Reformation and the rise of modern science occurred at the same time and in many of the same places. |
Sometimes silence is golden: Kirk Cameron and our response to hurricanes ISCAST fellow Mick Pope writes: "Any time there is a ‘natural disaster’, or what insurance companies might call ‘an act of God’, there is a variety of responses from Christians. Some mourn with those who suffer, but quickly jump in with what they think is most needed - Bibles. Some are very quick to judge and scapegoat whatever cause, be it social or political, they dislike. Others, like Kirk Cameron, make ill-timed statements that are only half-correct ..." |