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"It's the result of a rare 'atmospheric tango' between the monsoon and the westerly disturbance," said Akshay Deoras, a research scientist with the department of meteorology at University of Reading in the UK.

Minimizing flaring permits is “not a priority in any sense” for the Railroad Commission, said Gunnar Schade, an associate professor of atmospheric sciences at Texas A&M University.

The authors include veterans in atmospheric science, physics, ecology, forecast modeling and several other fields at universities, think tanks and research institutions in the United States and abroad.

"We have been doing modelling with colleagues at the University of Cambridge and the Met Office which have adapted a nuclear atmospheric dispersion model to Ips," explained Dr Blake.

Small changes in atmospheric conditions can have a large impact on whether a storm strengthens or weakens.