Eye on Faith

Sunday, February 3, 2019

Icy Genocide

Winter Landscape (Hendrick Avercamp, c. 1608)

According to a study from University College London, cold-hearted genocide turned downright icy back in 1610 CE.

After European settlers in the Americas “killed nearly 56 million indigenous people over the course of roughly 100 years,” native farmlands reverted to forests. This disrupted the delicate atmospheric balance, causing “a massive decrease in carbon dioxide.”

Lower levels of carbon dioxide resulted in “a global chill… that is now known as the Little Ice Age.” What goes around comes around. If mass genocide continues long enough, perpetrators will be frozen in their tracks.

Resources

https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/european-colonizers-mass-killing-of-native-americans-caused-change-in-climate-study/ar-BBT3Up2?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=BHEA000

Saturday, February 2, 2019

Micro or Macro?

Giant Oarfish (Public Domain)

When oarfish begin to surface, people begin to panic.

These denizens of the deep generally live between 650 to 3,200 feet below the ocean's surface. When seen on shore or within nets, they might be cause for concern.

Japanese legend has it that “oarfish appear around big quakes.” During the year before the Fukushima tragedy, “at least a dozen… had washed up onto Japan’s coastline.” Perhaps they can sense micro changes in the earth's crust.

Seven have already been sighted this season. Is this cause for alarm? Hopefully not.

Resources

https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/sightings-of-rare-oarfish-in-japan-raise-fears-of-earthquake-and-tsunami/ar-BBT2tBi?OCID=ansmsnnews11

Friday, February 1, 2019

Bleak Market

(Photo by Piekfrosch)

Meet the pangolins, and quick before they disappear altogether.

Otherwise known as scaly anteaters, they are ruthlessly hunted for their keratin “armor,” as well as for that which it protects. Their innards are considered a delicacy, and their scales are prized for an alleged medicinal value.

Pangolins have been called “the most trafficked” animals in the world. In “one of the biggest busts” that Hong Kong has ever known, the city seized “18,300 pounds of suspected pangolin scales.” Imagine how many animals would be killed in order to obtain such a heavy load of scales…

Resources

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/hong-kong-authorities-bust-record-dollar8-million-worth-of-ivory-tusks-pangolin-scales/ar-BBT2wx0?OCID=ansmsnnews11