30 August 2007
Dear Dr. Takahashi:
Thank you for submitting your comment on the Science paper by Wentz et al. We have now received the response from the corresponding author of the original paper, which is attached for your information.
On evaluation of the comment and response, we regret to say that your comment received a lower priority rating than other technical comments under consideration. As a result, we won't be able to publish it. In general, we do not believe that the comment poses a sufficiently robust challenge to the main conclusions of the original report.
Notwithstanding this disappointing outcome, we appreciate the chance to consider the comment, and hope that you find the author's response helpful should you decide to revise the manuscript for submission to another journal. Thank you for your interest in Science.
Sincerely,
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