At The Most Basic, What Is Climate Change?

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1) At the most basic, what is “climate change”?

A change in climate patterns. Some changes are as frequent and predictable as the seasons, others take longer to rotate, such as El Nino and La Nina.

2) How does the promise God gave (Genesis 8:22) relate to the climate change debate?

It says that no matter what happens, as long as the Earth is alive, the seasons will continue. So the idea of the Earth's climate changing so drastically that we only have two or no seasons isn't true.

3) How do the news reports about climate change of the 1970s compare to those of today?

Thirty years ago, it looked like the Earth was cooling. It's only been in the last several years that the trend that the Earth is warming came up.

4) Are environmental

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