http://www.stuff.co.nz/science/92803328/.html
EXCERPT: As warnings about the threat of rapid sea level-rise become increasingly urgent, one far-seeing, if dissenting, scientist has suggested it is likely the Biblical great flood did happen. "I don't think the biblical deluge is just a fairy tale," Terence J Hughes, a retired University of Maine glaciologist living in South Dakota, told the New York Times. "I think some kind of major flood happened all over the world, and it left an indelible imprint on the collective memory of mankind that got preserved in these stories."
In some ways, Hughes is a surprising figure to be quoted by the NYT. A Newsweek article on him three years ago, credited Hughes with predicting the likely collapse of the West Antarctic ice sheet as early as 1973. But he is a contrarian, who doesn't consider climate change to be a great concern. In fact, according to Newsweek he sees upsides including that carbon dioxide is good for plants, thawed permafrost could be farmed, and rebuilding coastal cities would create jobs....
EXCERPT: As warnings about the threat of rapid sea level-rise become increasingly urgent, one far-seeing, if dissenting, scientist has suggested it is likely the Biblical great flood did happen. "I don't think the biblical deluge is just a fairy tale," Terence J Hughes, a retired University of Maine glaciologist living in South Dakota, told the New York Times. "I think some kind of major flood happened all over the world, and it left an indelible imprint on the collective memory of mankind that got preserved in these stories."
In some ways, Hughes is a surprising figure to be quoted by the NYT. A Newsweek article on him three years ago, credited Hughes with predicting the likely collapse of the West Antarctic ice sheet as early as 1973. But he is a contrarian, who doesn't consider climate change to be a great concern. In fact, according to Newsweek he sees upsides including that carbon dioxide is good for plants, thawed permafrost could be farmed, and rebuilding coastal cities would create jobs....