It's one of a pair of agents, known as conjugated linoleic acids (CLAs), that occur
as trace constituents of animal fats.
My thought is that ``...
trace constituents change...» sounds suspiciously like a butterfly flapping its wings in the Amazon, «causing» a hurricane in the Texas Gulf.
GFDL's research encompasses the predictability and sensitivity of global and regional climate; the structure, variability, dynamics and interaction of the atmosphere and the ocean; and he ways that the atmosphere and oceans influence, and are influenced by
various trace constituents.
So planetary scientists must investigate thoroughly the sources, sinks and isotopic composition of this gas, along with other organic molecules and
trace constituents in both gaseous and solid samples.
Dr Sathe added: «Detection methodology needed to determine presence of
trace constituents... is a major challenge for all.»
The orbiter's chief objective is to tease out
the trace constituents of the Martian atmosphere, particularly methane, a gas detected intermittently over the last decade that scientists think could be produced by microbes or undiscovered ongoing geological activity.
-- We are what we drink (and eat and inhale), according to ever more sensitive tests probing
the trace constituents of the internal human environment.