This is a common pattern in academic writing, which compresses two sentences into one, like so: > In sunny (cloudy) weather, the sky looks blue (gray). So the

This is a common pattern in academic writing, which compresses two sentences into one, like so: > In sunny (cloudy) weather, the sky looks blue (gray). So the sentence above means that odds for scenario 2 have increased, while odds for scenario 1 have decreased.