Andrew Sibley

Biography

Andrew Sibley worked as a meteorologist with the UK Met Office for 38 years before taking early retirement in 2021 to allow more time to engage in creation ministry with CMI, and sharing the gospel as a church elder. During his career, scientific specialisms were gained in weather observing and forecasting, and presenting the weather on BBC Radio Wales. Opportunities for travel led to time spent in Wales, Scotland, and England, and ten months in the Falkland Islands working alongside penguins and sea lions. He is married to Hydee, a Filipino, which has led to further travel to the Philippines and trying to learn the Bontoc dialect.

In later years his forecasting activity was focused upon monitoring and responding to environmental impacts at a national and international level; more specifically plume modelling of chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear incidents, and Icelandic volcanoes. Andrew was also engaged in the development of a space weather forecasting programme as the lead forecaster, and subject matter expert. This involved pulling research through into the operational environment, and travel to America, Asia and Europe working with governmental partners and occasionally giving presentations.

Andrew has published a number of papers in the field of meteorology, gained Chartered Meteorologist accreditation, and recently served on the board of the Weather journal, including as an associate editor. He has a B.Sc. (Hons.) in the natural sciences from the Open University (UK), and completed an M.Sc. in Environmental Decision Making in 2003 with the same institution. He also gained an M.Phil in theology from Exeter University (UK); his dissertation was Intelligent Design: Scientific and Theological Perspectives. He is the author of a number of books; including Restoring the Ethics of Creation and Cracking the Darwin Code: Exploring the non-scientific foundations of deep-time and evolution.

Already a frequent contributor to CMI’s publications, he joined CMI-UK/Europe as an associate speaker and writer in February 2021, then came on staff in August 2021.

Education:

• B.Sc. (Hons) in natural sciences, Open University (UK)
• M.Sc. Environmental Decision Making, Open University (UK)
• M.Phil. Theology, University of Exeter

Creation magazine

• Earth’s atmosphere: Wonderfully designed for life, Creation 45(2):50–52, April 2023.
• The French connection, Creation 42(2):53–55, April 2020.
• The Jurassic Coast—Icon for the Genesis Flood

Journal of Creation

• The warrah—shrinking dates for the Falkland Islands wolf
• Scelidosaurus—evidence of rapid burial in the Early Jurassic of southern England
• Delta formation in the Kaystros estuary and silting of the Ephesus Harbour within biblical history
• The Pinatubo eruption—catastrophic pyroclastic flows and lahars
• Orang-outang or Homo sylvestris: ape-men before Darwin
• Deep time in 18^th-century France—part 1: a developing belief
• Deep time in 18^th century France—part 2: influence upon geology and evolution in 18^th and 19^th century Britain
• Origen, origins, and allegory
• Superflares and the origin of life on Earth
• The Jurassic Coast—Icon for the Genesis Flood
• Adam as the protoplast—views from the early church in response to the archetypal view
• Exploring Intelligent Design language in Genesis 2 and Acts 17—yatsar and poieō
• Variable radioactive decay rates and the changes in solar activity
• In depth: Augustine’s on the literal meaning of Genesis
• Helium-3 capture in lunar regolith and the age of the moon
• Creationism and millennialism among the Church Fathers
• Bathybius haeckelii and a ‘reign of terror’
• Chinese fossil layers and the uniformitarian re-dating of the Jehol Group
• A fresh look at Nebraska man
• Variable speed of light research gets a boost: a review of Faster Than the Speed of Light: The Story of a Scientific Speculation, by João Magueijo
• Post-glacial flooding of coastal margins within the biblical timeframe of Peleg
• Likely causes of the Ice Age

Other articles on creation.com

• Avatar: the Way of Water
• Transhumanism, and the image of God
• What should Christians make of Falun Gong and Shen Yun?
• Reclaiming the rainbow
• Cancelling Eve
• Creation, the image of God, and campaigns to ban ‘conversion therapy’
• Rewilding, artificial foods, and creation
• William Pengelly’s Brixham cave excavations, and belief in the antiquity of man
• Hope in the Resurrection of Christ
• Mars dust may be the source of the Zodiacal lights
• Creation science and the discipline of study
• Elohim, Adam, and the divine relationship with humanity
• The Fagradalsfjall–Geldingadalir eruption of 2021, and other Icelandic volcanoes
• The incarnation of Jesus and miracles
• The inhuman nature of secular humanism
• Darwin’s statue, racism, and the Natural History Museum, London
• Remembering Bill Cooper (1947–2021)
• The conflict between conservation and Darwinian natural selection
• Richard Dawkins, anti-Christian language and the rise of science
• Further restrictive legislation to keep Creation out of UK state-funded schools
• Secular Humanists seek to ban origins debate in the UK education system

Feedback

• Why is the sky blue at midday, and red at dawn and dusk?"
• What type of body did Jesus have before the Incarnation?
• Why would a designer leave debris floating in space?

Creationist articles in non-CMI publications

• Oard, M.J., Matthews J.D., Sibley, A., The Jurassic Coast: Evidence for the Flood, CRSQ 51(2):113–127, 2014.
• Sibley, A., The Nature and Character of God, in: Nevin, N.C., (Ed.) Should Christians Embrace Evolution: Biblical & Scientific Responses, IVP Press, Nottingham, UK, pp. 93–107, 2009.
• Sibley, A., FitzRoy, Captain of the Beagle, Fierce Critic of Darwinism, Impact, Institute for Creation Research, November 2005.
• Sibley, A., A Photon Reference Frame and Distant Starlight: Analyzing Ideas from Gerald L. Schroeder’s The Science of God, Answers Research Journal, 14 May 2014.

Meteorological publications

• Sibley, A., History of weather observing sites in the Cambridge area from the mid-nineteenth century to the present-day. Weather. In Press, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1002/wea.4346.
• Sibley, A., Meteotsunamis reported around Britain and Ireland, and northern France, 18–19 June 2022. Weather, 77: 279–280, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1002/wea.4271.
• Sibley, A.M., Cox, D. & Tappin, D.R., Convective rear-flank downdraft as driver for meteotsunami along English Channel and North Sea coasts 28–29 May 2017. Nat Hazards 106, 1445–1465, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-020-04328-7.
• Thompson, J., Renzi, E., Sibley, A. and Tappin, D., UK meteotsunamis: a revision and update on events and their frequency. Weather, 75: 281–287, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1002/wea.3741.
• Sibley, A.M., Wildfire outbreaks across the United Kingdom during summer 2018. Weather, 74: 397–402, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1002/wea.3614.
• Sibley, A., Severe thunderstorm and flooding in East Devon on 7 August 1997. Weather, 72: 276–280, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1002/wea.2935.
• Sibley, A., Cox, D., Long, D., Tappin, D. and Horseburgh, K., Meteorologically generated tsunami-like waves in the North Sea on 1/2 July 2015 and 28 May 2008. Weather, 71: 68–74, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1002/wea.2696.
• Sibley, A., Cox, D. and Titley, H., Coastal flooding in England and Wales from Atlantic and North Sea storms during the 2013/2014 winter. Weather, 70: 62–70, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1002/wea.2471.
• Sibley, A.M. and Denning, H., Flash flooding in southwest England 29 May 2008. Weather, 69: 143–146, 2014. https://doi.org/10.1002/wea.2179.
• Sibley, A. and Cox, D., Flooding along English Channel coast due to long-period swell waves. Weather, 69: 59–66, 2014. https://doi.org/10.1002/wea.2145.
• Sibley, A., Saharan dust and convective downdraughts on 27 June 2011 monitored by LIDAR and Wind Profilers. Weather, 68: 152–153, 2013. https://doi.org/10.1002/wea.2038.
• Tappin, D.R., Sibley, A., Horsburgh, K., Daubord, C., Cox, D. and Long, D., The English Channel ‘tsunami’ of 27 June 2011 – a probable meteorological source. Weather, 68: 144–152, 2013. https://doi.org/10.1002/wea.2061.
• Sibley, A., Thunderstorms from a Spanish Plume event on 28 June 2011. Weather, 67: 143–146, 2012. https://doi.org/10.1002/wea.1928.
• Sibley, A., Biesecker, D., Millward, G. and Gibbs, M., Space weather, impacts and forecasting: an overview. Weather, 67: 115–120, 2012. https://doi.org/10.1002/wea.1915.
• Sibley, A., Flooding in Cornwall 17 November 2010 in association with Segmented Line Convection. Weather, 66: 287–291, 2011. https://doi.org/10.1002/wea.821.
• Sibley, A., Analysis of extreme rainfall and flooding in Cumbria 18–20 November 2009. Weather, 65: 287–292, 2010. https://doi.org/10.1002/wea.672.
• Sibley, A., Coastal thunderstorms in Kent 21 August 2007. Weather, 64: 199–203, 2009. https://doi.org/10.1002/wea.453.
• Sibley, A.M., Analysis of the North York Moors storms – 19 June 2005. Weather, 64: 39–42, 2009. https://doi.org/10.1002/wea.287.
• Sibley, A., Blooms of ‘by-the-wind-sailors’ (Velella velella) in summer 2004 and possible implications for rainfall and climate. Weather, 62: 134–136, 2007. https://doi.org/10.1002/wea.61.
• Sibley, A., Analysis of the heavy orographic rainfall over North Wales, 3 and 4 February 2004. Weather, 60: 31–36, 2005. https://doi.org/10.1256/wea.155.04.
• Sibley, A., Brown, T. and McIlwaine, T., Bristol Channel waterspout, 11 January 2004. Weather, 59: 158–161, 2004. https://doi.org/10.1256/wea.21.04.

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