Hope for the Earth

The Christian Alternative to Doom-and-Gloom Environmentalism

Seven years ago, the news was grim. National Geographic headlined that “Half of the Great Barrier Reef Is Dead” due to climate change. The Guardian pronounced, “Great Barrier Reef at ‘Terminal Stage.’” The Washington Post agreed: “The Great Barrier Reef Is Dying.” 

Given the alarm, Australia’s most famous natural treasure is surely lost, isn’t it? Well, no. According to an Australian Institute of Marine Science report, “the Reef has rebounded.” After successive years of cooler temperatures, “hard corals have recovered significant ground,” reaching “record high levels in 2022 across two-thirds of the...