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[[File:Hurricane.png|thumb|right|Hurricanes are becoming less frequent]]Here is statement widely used to promote the idea that [[global warming]] makes strong hurricanes more frequent:

[[File:Hurricane.png|thumb|right|Hurricanes are becoming less frequent]]Here is statement widely used to promote the idea that [[global warming]] makes strong hurricanes more frequent:

* "... over the past 35 years ... A large increase was seen in the number and proportion of hurricanes reaching categories 4 and 5." [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16166514?dopt=Abstract]

* "... over the past 35 years ... A large increase was seen in the number and proportion of hurricanes reaching categories 4 and 5." [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16166514?dopt=Abstract]

Here is the rebuttal:

Here is the rebuttal:

* "... not a trend. Rather, it is likely a part of the large interdecadal variations in the number of intense typhoons related to similar temporal fluctuations in the atmospheric environment." [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16556825]

* "... not a trend. Rather, it is likely a part of the large interdecadal variations in the number of intense typhoons related to similar temporal fluctuations in the atmospheric environment." [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16556825]

==See also==

==See also==

*[[Cafeteria Christianity]] for cherry picking in a religious context

*[[Cafeteria Christianity]] for cherry picking in a religious context