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Replying to B. Wang, S. Xu & L. Wu Nature 489, 10.1038/nature11470 (2012)
Arabian Sea tropical cyclones have become stronger over the past 30 years owing to a reduction in vertical wind shear (VWS) brought about by radiative forcing from pollution aerosols1. Wang et al.2 argue that the decline in VWS results from a systematic shift in storm genesis date, which may be part of a natural cycle or another consequence of regional pollution. However, their conclusions2, although interesting, are not supported by our analysis and are probably sensitive to biases in the observational record.
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Evan, A., Kossin, J., ‘Eddy’ Chung, C. et al. Evan et al. reply. Nature 489, E2–E3 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature11471
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