Catastrophism
The Power in a Lot of Water
Recent events have given scientists of an appreciation for the geologic power of “a lot of water in a little time”—which contrasts with the commonly accepted model of “a little water in a lot of time,” used to explain such formations as Grand Canyon.
Mass Extinction in the Fossil Record
Mass extinctions are apparent in the fossil record wherever some sort of organism virtually disappears from the geologic column above a certain layer. One of the most well-known mass extinctions is the disappearance of the dinosaurs and a number of other organisms at the K-T boundary.
What Made Britain an Island?
Scientists are pointing to a catastrophe to explain an event that changed not only the geological landscape, but the landscape of history as well: what made Britain an island nation.
Post-Flood Upheaval
Early post-Flood catastrophes had the power to cause enormous geologic change, including massive erosion, altered landscapes, and deposits of sediment layers thousands of feet thick.
Articles About Catastrophism
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March 15, 2023 from Answers Magazine
Looking at this landscape through biblical glasses, we see a rainbow of evidence confirming the global flood.
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Nov. 13, 2022 from Answers Magazine
We can only imagine what happened after the Flood! Consider five major examples of catastrophes that reshaped the planet.
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Sept. 19, 2021 from Answers Magazine
Beneath the surface of Yellowstone’s beauty lie fearful clues to the past—and a possible future.
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May 19, 2020 from Answers Magazine
Many scientists claim the fossil record shows many mass extinctions separated by millions of years. Does the Bible give a better explanation?
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Aug. 18, 2018 from Answers Magazine
When geologists assume the earth changes slowly, they overlook astonishing evidence of Noah’s global Flood.
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Jan. 1, 2018 from Answers Magazine
The process of magma buildup, which evolutionary scientists thought would take centuries, can happen in mere decades or even years.
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April 24, 2016 from Answers Magazine
Mountains and breathtaking valleys adorn our planet. Each one speaks of God’s handiwork, but they were formed by water and ice in judgment, not creation.
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Research PaperSuper-salty Water Sealed Beneath Chesapeake Bay Impact CraterDec. 5, 2013 from News to Know
Does the Chesapeake Bay crater memorialize a meteorite impact from the time of Noah’s Flood?
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Was the Medieval “Little Ice Age” Triggered by an Indonesian Volcano?Oct. 17, 2013 from News to Know
Historical records corroborate frozen testimony that unravels the riddle of the Little Ice Age.
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Unpredecented Global Heat Left Footprints in TeethOct. 27, 2012 from News to Know
Unprecedented global heat left its footprints in tiny teeth.
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Did Greenhouse Gases Help Create Dinosaurs?July 30, 2011
Global greenhouse gases: paving the way for dinosaurs or documenting the upheavals of the global Flood?
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May 22, 2011 from Answers Magazine
The Flood caused radical changes in the land, seas, and atmosphere. The weather would never be the same.
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May 15, 2011 from Answers Magazine
The rock layers speak of a violent period after the Flood, lasting many centuries.
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How Did Britain Become an Island?Feb. 19, 2011 from News to Know
It’s not just young-earth creationists who lean on catastrophic geological processes in explaining earth history. Increasingly, old-earthers are also seeing the work of catastrophes in shaping the planet.
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Scientists Coming to Grips with Catastrophic GeologyJune 26, 2010
With a headline worded as if written by a young-earther, the press release for a new study of Texas’s Canyon Lake Gorge reveals that an increasing number of scientists are coming to grips with catastrophic geology.
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Jan. 1, 2010 from Answers Magazine
A flash flood at Havasu Canyon is a reminder of the amazing power of a lot of water over a little time.
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From a Trickle to a FloodDec. 12, 2009 from News to Know
Did a massive ancient Flood fill in the Mediterranean Sea?
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Catastrophe at WorkDec. 5, 2009 from News to Know
It’s not only creationists who point to the role of catastrophic events in shaping earth’s geologic history. A new study sheds light on how Britain was separated from the rest of Europe by a “super-river.”
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Feedback ArticleHaving It Both Ways?May 29, 2009 from Feedback
If the present isn’t the key to the past, a critic wants to know why AiG uses present events to explore what happened in the global Flood. Dr. Andrew Snelling, AiG–U.S., explains.
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Salt Lake ExtinctionApril 4, 2009 from News to Know
Yet another explanation for a catastrophic mass extinction—could it be?
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The Slow-and-Gradual CatastropheMarch 7, 2009 from News to Know
An ancient extinction wasn’t as sudden and catastrophic as once believed. Now, how does that reinforce the Flood model?
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Oct. 1, 2008 from Answers Magazine
Creation geologists have undertaken a major new research project to better understand how the Flood deposited sediments across continents while tectonic forces within the crust reshaped the earth.
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Magazine Department ArticleOut of the Box ThinkingOct. 1, 2008 from Answers Magazine
A new study of Idaho’s Box Canyon suggests that the canyon was formed rapidly by a megaflood.
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Aug. 25, 2008 from Answers Magazine
After the Flood, the world was a warm, wet and stormy world. The warm oceans and cooler temperatures caused snow and ice to accumulate, creating the Ice Age.
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Magazine Department ArticleCommon GroundApril 1, 2008 from Answers Magazine
Tourists have another reason to find common ground with biblical creationists when it comes to the formation of canyons.
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World's Longest Mud SlideDec. 1, 2007
A team of researchers reporting in the journal Nature recently has described a catastrophic landslide that dumped 225 billion metric tons of sediment into the ocean in just a few days or less.
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Megaflood Makes BritainJuly 21, 2007 from News to Know
Recent research suggests that Great Britain was formed as the result of a megaflood.
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New Theory Impacts Crater SiteApril 7, 2007
The Silverpit structure, an impact crater in the North Sea, is, according to University of Edinburgh geologist John Underhill, not the vestige of a prehistoric meteorite, but rather “probably the movement of salt rocks at depth.”
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Magazine Department ArticleBritish IslesApril 1, 2007 from Answers Magazine
Britain’s secular newspaper The Daily Telegraph, in its September 25, 2006 publication, has unwittingly given support to the reality of Noah’s Flood.
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Flood Cuts off EuropeSept. 29, 2006
It is said that a British newspaper headline once announced “Fog Over Channel—Continent Isolated.” The headline aptly and amusingly sums up Britain’s ambivalent relationship with its neighbors.
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How Could the Heart Mountain Slide Occur in Only 30 Minutes?June 21, 2006
Despite more than 100 years of study, the Heart Mountain detachment remains among the world’s most puzzling geological structures.
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The Story That Won’t Be ToldDec. 9, 2003
Secular geologists believe that it a marked trail commemorating the Missoula flood’s path and explaining its significance needs to be set up from western Montana into northwest Oregon.
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Semi-Technical Research PaperDid 'Old World Early Paleolithic' People Travel to North America?Dec. 1, 2000, pp. 3–5
For creationists, these reports of 'Early Paleolithic tools' raise questions that need further research.
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Semi-Technical Research PaperA Tropical Reptile in the 'Cretaceous' ArcticAug. 1, 2000, pp. 9–10
A century ago, a shock went through the scientific community when a whaling crew reported finding fossil wood on the Antarctic Peninsula.
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Magazine ArticleIceland’s Recent “Mega-Flood”June 1, 1999, pp. 46–48
Icelanders will long remember November 5, 1996.
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Magazine ArticleSandy SurpriseDec. 1, 1998, pp. 56–57
Scientifically, it has never been a problem to explain that hard rock can form quickly, given the right conditions.
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Magazine ArticleThat Choking Feeling ...Sept. 1, 1998, pp. 6–7
Seeing such solid, layered rock forming in only three months shows that long time-spans are not necessary.
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Magazine ArticleFascinating Fossil Fence-WireJune 1, 1998, pp. 6–7
The rock is a hard, dense, calcareous sandstone. The wire is ordinary 'Number 8' fencing wire of the type used at nearby Wallal Downs station between 1920 and 1970.
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Magazine ArticleThundering BurialJune 1, 1998, pp. 38–41
This fossil graveyard on the Lake Huron coastline of Michigan is thus just another example of the devastation resulting from that catastrophic global Flood.
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Magazine ArticleBell-ieve It: Rapid Rock Formation Rings TrueMarch 1, 1998, pp. 6–7
These ‘fossil’ ship’s bells (pictured in Creation magazine) were found recently about 50 metres (170 feet) off the coast of Victoria, Australia.
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Magazine ArticleGreen River BluesJune 1, 1997, pp. 18–19
The Green River Formation of Wyoming, USA, is familiar to geologists not only for its well-preserved fossils but also because it has come to the forefront of debate on the age of the earth.
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Magazine ArticleThe Clock in the RockJune 1, 1997, pp. 6–7
The item shown in the photograph here is a striking example of the fact that rock can form quickly.
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Magazine ArticleFolded FernsSept. 1, 1996, pp. 50–51
Fossil fern fronds fly in the face of beliefs held by the majority of the most highly educated people in the world.
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Semi-Technical Research Paper“Rapid” Granite Formation?Aug. 1, 1996, pp. 175–177
Contrary evidence pointing to relatively rapid, even catastrophic, formation of granites is now beginning to surface.
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Magazine ArticleTarawera’s Night of TerrorDec. 1, 1995, pp. 16–19
Mt Tarawera is yet another testimony to the rapidity with which fossilization can occur, and that the evolutionary concept of fossils as being ‘prehistoric’ does not conform with the evidence.
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Magazine Article'Fossil' HatJune 1, 1995, pp. 52–53
This miner's hat is rock hard. It was found in a mine in Tasmania where it had been covered with water for more than 50 years.
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Magazine ArticleKeys to Rapid Rock FormationDec. 1, 1994, pp. 45–46
If you know anyone who thinks rocks and fossils must take thousands or millions of years to form, here's an example to show them they may need to revise their ideas.
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Magazine ArticleDeluge!Dec. 1, 1993, pp. 46–47
The fact of the biblical Deluge is the keystone with which the whole of the biblical history of life, man and the universe comes into line with the evidence of the real world.
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Magazine ArticleHow Fast Can Oil Form?March 1, 1990, pp. 30–34
Many people today, including scientists, have the idea that oil and natural gas must take a long time to form, even millions of years. Such is the strong mental bias that has been generated.
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