Philadelphia experienced a record amount of rainfall in August. During the last week of the month, the city received additional rain from a hurricane. Because global warming is thought to cause extreme weather patterns, one conclusion that could be drawn is that these patterns are evidence of global warming. What is wrong with this conclusion?
Hurricanes are bound to cause rainfall.
The additional rainfall received due to hurricane is not a result of global warming. Rather, it is just how hurricanes work. They have been like this long before climate change due to global warming occured.
Thus, one cannot blame global warming for additional rainfall received. It is just a result of hurricanes.
Philadelphia experienced a record amount of rainfall in August. During the last week of the month,...