Sentences with phrase «about local adaptation»

Quantitative integrated assessment of climate change risks is not always possible, but it can play a key role in informing decisions both about local adaptation and about large - scale mitigation policy.

Not exact matches

Variation in pigmentation among human populations may reflect local adaptation to regional light environments, because dark skin is more photoprotective, whereas pale skin aids the production of vitamin D. Although genes associated with skin pigmentation have been identified in European populations, little is known about the genetic basis of skin pigmentation in Africans.

The Arabian Gulf populations are an example of the capacity for local adaptation to allow corals to cope with conditions that prevail in the Arabian Gulf; this pattern tells us little about the limits of adaptability.

Jocelyn Moorhouse)-- World Premiere Academy Award winner Kate Winslet, Chris Hemsworth, and Judy Davis star in this adaptation of the best - selling novel by Rosalie Ham, about a dressmaker who returns to her tiny Australian hometown from the chic fashion houses of Paris to put her past to rest — and revolutionize the local women's couture while she's at it.

Kate Winslet, Liam Hemsworth, and Judy Davis star in this hysterically madcap adaptation of the beloved novel about a chic 1950s dressmaker who returns from Paris to her small Australian town to right the wrongs of the past and revolutionize the local couture.

If done thoughtfully and always with a focus on improving student learning, these types of local adaptations can help us learn a lot about different options for improving instruction and allowing different persons to use their skills in the best ways.

As part of the Programme, with support from PRBB Foundation, the Green Belt Movement developed a specialised Training of Community Trainers project which sees local women taught about climate change adaptation strategies that can be used to provide practical solutions to effects of climate change at a local level.

And I learned about the adaptation of the Catholic religion from local Pachamama culture and I saw beautiful scenery along the way.

Positive and negative yield impacts projected for local temperature increases of about 2 °C above preindustrial levels maintain possibilities for effective adaptation in crop production (high confidence).