Modern scientific discoveries may give us some clues as to why the pre-flood world was so different. Scientists have discovered air bubbles that have been trapped in fossilized amber (tree sap). As the tree sap rolled down the side of the tree, it captured the atmosphere in these air bubbles, which when analyzed reveals an earlier atmosphere had about 35 percent oxygen compared to today's 21 percent.
According to the fossil record, many plants and animals were of much greater size than those we see today. Dragonflies had wingspans of over 3 feet, cockroaches were 18 inches long and cattails grew to be 60 feet tall. While we may never know for sure why all of these things occurred, we know that when God said His creation was “very good,” it was indeed, very good.
In addition to the increased oxygen, other studies have suggested that there was a greater air pressure as well. New Scientist magazine, which comes from an evolutionary perspective, explains: One implication is that the atmospheric pressure of the Earth would have been much greater during the Cretaceous Era, when the bubbles formed in the resin. A dense atmosphere could also explain how the ungainly pterosaur, with its stubby body and wingspan of up to 11 meters, could have stayed airborne. The spread of angiosperms, flowering plants, during the Cretaceous era could have caused the high oxygen levels.
Hyperbaric chambers are producing some amazing health benefits. The Mayo Clinic has used hyperbaric chambers for treatments of wounds that won’t heal, decompression sickness, infections, and the release of growth factors and stem cells. Hyperbaric treatment can also be very helpful with carbon monoxide poisoning, smoke inhalation, gas gangrene, crush injuries, necrotizing (premature death of cells), soft tissue infections, compartment syndrome, compromised skin grafts, and enhanced healing in diabetic wounds.
Not only is this artificial “atmosphere” good for the body, it also seems to be wonderful for plants. At Keio University in Tokyo, Japan, Dr. Kei Mori placed a cherry tomato plant in a similar chamber where he filtered out ultraviolet light and increased the pressure so the plant would take in carbon dioxide faster. The results were astounding. In two years his cherry tomato plant was 14 feet tall and had over 900 tomatoes that were baseball size. The plant went on to be over 45 feet tall and yielded around 15,000 tomatoes. This result may help explain why we see such large plants in the fossil record. In fact, some have suggested that if our pre-flood atmosphere was like a hyperbaric chamber today, not only would it produce the large vegetation seen in fossils but, it may also have contributed as one factor of why people had such long lifespans before the flood of Noah.
This result may help explain why we see such large plants in the fossil record. In fact, some have suggested that if our pre-flood atmosphere was like a hyperbaric chamber today, not only would it produce the large vegetation seen in fossils but, it may also have contributed as one factor of why people had such long lifespans before the flood of Noah.
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Around 10800 BC North America principally was hit by comet debris for over 100 years causing massive firestorms which burned off vegetation leaving a deep layer called black mat. All the huge and lasting firestorms likely burned off equally massive amounts of O2 which may be why it disappeared. The geological result was the Younger Dryas Age - so cold the once melting Northern Ice Cap reformed. 1000 years later or around 9800 BC, another comet debris barrage ended the YDA; the melt was very sudden - that may be the true origin of the “Flood” as sea levels rose drastically by hundreds of feet worldwide in a few years.
cockroaches were 18 inches long ?.............................They’ve shrunk since then......... ....................
“... an earlier atmosphere had about 35 percent oxygen compared to today’s 21 percent.”
That alone would make for a denser atmosphere. Oxygen has an Atomic weight of 15.9994 while Nitrogen is lighter at 14.000674.
Plus Oxygen is always O2, two atoms together, so a combined 32 approximately while Nitrogen is still at 14............................
“an earlier atmosphere had about 35 percent oxygen compared to today’s 21 percent.”
And that is why I believe the carbon dating is all jacked up with errors. To base a dating system on current environmental observations and then base your whole said science of everything on that guess is just insane to me.
No thanks, I’ll stick with the Scriptures that gives me the beginning, ending, middle, and times in between and has yet to been proven wrong.