On the day that I am writing this the New York Times reported that the US Department of the Interior is trying to make changes to the Endangered Species Act with the result that protections for endangered and threatened species in the United States would be greatly reduced. Although I generally try to avoid being political in these posts, this is precisely the sort of issue on which science and the Christian faith can come together to consider what might be the right way forward. Years of scientific research into ecosystems has revealed just how interconnected these systems are. The loss of any one species within an ecosystem impacts on the whole system. We also know that we are currently in the midst of a global mass extinction event that is largely, if not completely, human driven. While it is true that extinctions, including at times mass extinctions, happen naturally and are part of the development of life on our world, this is something different. What we are seeing … Read More...
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