Science news articles about 'relative roles'

  • Numerical simulations of nutrient transport changes in Honghu Lake Basin

    ... by Gui Feng & Yu Ge showed the relative role of natural, climate-induced changes ... over the catchments and its contribution to a lake's eutrophication, to assess the relative roles of natural, climate-induced changes ...
  • Methane gas levels begin to increase again

    ... as possible. "The key thing is to better determine the relative roles of increased methane emission versus an increase in the rate of removal," Prinn said. "Apparently we have a mix ...
  • Aerosols -- their part in our rainfall

    ... effects of climate change. "It is crucial to quantify the relative roles of different drivers of recent Australian rainfall changes. A rainfall decline attributed to natural ...
  • Aerosols may drive a significant portion of arctic warming

    ... and colleagues compiled detailed, quantitative information about the relative roles of various components of the climate system ... recognition that aerosols may play a larger climate role can have implications for policymakers. "We will have very little leverage ...
  • Perfect pitch study offers window into influences of nature and nurture

    ... Asians – is the first significant genetic evidence of a role of genes in perfect pitch. It is likely, the researchers ... , the finding is an important advance, they say, in their effort to move in on the relative roles of early musical training and genetic ...
  • Study shows key role environment plays in developing reading skills

    ... influence reading skills, this is the first to show their relative roles in how quickly or slowly children's reading ... said much more research needs to be done examining the roles of genetics and the environment in shaping how children learn ...
  • Fat clue to TB awakening

    ... little is known about the exact causes of reactivation and the relative roles of the host and the pathogen. Professor Russell's group discovered that inside the tubercle, surface molecules ...
  • JCI online early table of contents: May 17, 2010

    ... have indicated that adhesion molecules known as cadherins have a role in IBD. Consistent with the previous observation that the function ... many forms of cancer. However, the functional significance and relative role of individual antiapoptotic BCL2 family ...
  • Mining the 'wisdom of crowds' to attack disease

    ... 's response to allergens and parasites, might also play roles in the development of diabetes. "In thinking about the Challenge, I ... statistical techniques, it may be possible to tease apart their relative roles in ways that lead to better tools ...
  • NASA's Global Hawk investigating Atlantic Tropical Depression 14

    ... . The data collected will help scientists decipher the relative roles of the large-scale environment and internal storm processes that shape these systems. HS3 is supported ...

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