Sentences with phrase «adapt to this changing environment by»

Plant and animal species are adapting to changing environments by migrating to new areas.

Retailers and commercial real estate developers / investors must adapt to this changing environment by rethinking the design and flow of shopping centers as well as the actual physical location.

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Digital Playbook for Entrepreneurs: Creating a Tech Startup USC Marshall School of Business professor Dr. Anthony Borquez will be joined by a special guest lecturer to discuss how technology is changing the world we live in and how entrepreneurs need to adapt to remain successful in an ever changing environment

The socio - economic change in motion by the plantations, diseases and epidemics, created a crisis of confidence in adjusting to or adapting with existence and environment.

By observing the religious ecology of congregations through these categories, Ammerman draws out certain patterns and tendencies in how congregations have adapted to their changing environments.

Politics is essential because it includes all of the conscious, deliberative processes by which people adapt to one another and to the changing conditions of their environment.

Well said... Sadly the excuses will keep coming along with a stubborn refusal by many fans to acknowledge that wenger is unable to adapt to a changed football environment... The man said he would stay at the club as long as he was moving it forward so if he has any integrity and honesty he would leave of his own accord... sadly all we will get is more existential drivel to justify his failure... Sad state of the club

Climate change amplifies existing risks to our natural resources by forcing plants and animals to adapt rapidly to a changing environment.

When most people think about wildlife in a changing climate, they think of polar bears clinging to melting ice, but even species who have adapted to tropical weather are being impacted by the changes to their environment.

Ocean species seeking cooler waters to survive may have to adapt to their new environments by changing their diets

«By understanding how this animal adapts to changes in the environment, we can determine what we really need to be concerned about and what we really should be doing,» says Stephen DeStefano, a conservation biologist at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and author of the new book, Coyote at the Kitchen Door: Living with Wildlife in Suburbia (Harvard University Press, 2010).

Stuck where they are, plants have to adapt to their environments, responding to stresses like drought or pests by changing how they grow.

Their success is explained by several factors: they have more than one queen per colony, making them difficult to eradicate, and they adapt to changes in their environments by living transiently rather than building permanent nests.

We hypothesize that unisexual reproduction is a hypermutagenic process that generates genetic diversity de novo and that the resulting progeny can thereby more rapidly adapt to changing environments than cells produced asexually by mitosis.

Throughout the world cotton is broadly adapted to growing in temperate, sub-tropical, and tropical environments, but growth may be challenged by future climate change.

In turning to a methodological issue, the new archaeological horizons in the Monte Verde area are difficult to trace laterally over areas larger than ~ 8 — 10 m2 and probably represent only fragments of a broader landscape utilized by people adapting to changing climates and environments in the area.

Adaptogens help the body harmonize with its environment by adapting to stress and change.

Developed by Related Designs in collaboration with Blue Byte, Anno 2070 takes place in a near - future environment where climate change has forced humanity to adapt to rising sea levels that have left stretches of once - fertile land completely inhospitable.

And then this hardware is made useful by an extensive range of choices of both automatic and manual adjustments and settings that makes the Super AMOLED display adjust and adapt according to whatever we want, which could be changing environments, changing preferences, changing needs, or particular purposes.

We all carry our childhood with us throughout our life... some things are buried deeply... some things we take out to remember frequently... Paula was a survivor, a chameleon... she learned to create new personas that fit the changing circumstances of her life by watching her mother react to life... I thought the author did an excellent job of contrasting Paula and Julian in light of their very different childhood experiences... Paula was a closed up prickly cactus... a dessert survivor... all hard, sharp edges that protected the true inner core of her... Julian was an open succulent... soft, sensitive to his nurturing environment... accepting and giving... like plants and animals, human beings adapt to their environment and when are we most open to learning?

Well, tech companies that adapt themselves well to changing environments will, but there is a possibility that many of them will be burdened by over-expectations.

Darwin famously observed that the beaks of each generation of Galapagos Islands finches changed to accommodate shifting food resources, allowing the birds to survive by adapting their capabilities to a new environment.

Much of this unique environment is washed each day by the tides, so organisms that live here are adapted to significant daily changes in moisture, temperature, turbulence, and salinity.

Adapting to climate change will cost many times more than the UN has estimated, according to a report by former IPCC working group co-chair Martin Parry and colleagues, published by the International Institute for Environment and Development and the Grantham Institute for Climate Change at Imperial College Lchange will cost many times more than the UN has estimated, according to a report by former IPCC working group co-chair Martin Parry and colleagues, published by the International Institute for Environment and Development and the Grantham Institute for Climate Change at Imperial College LChange at Imperial College London.

Trees «shield vulnerable species from climate change» 1 November 2013Last updated at 23:05 ET By Mark Kinver Environment reporter, BBC News Allowing forest canopies to grow over could help some flora species cope with rising temperatures Forests with dense canopies create a microclimate that protects a variety of cold - adapted plant species from warming air temperatures, a study has shown.

Built our houses by the sea, planetd our food where it grows, adapting to the environment and changing it where we can.

This analytical report presents the concerted action taken by the UN system to assist people and communities in developing countries to adapt to climate change through: (i) risks, impacts and vulnerability assessment; (ii) adaptation planning, including creating an enabling environment; (iii) the implementation of adaptation measures, which includes UNISDR's work on climate change related disaster risk reduction and risk sharing; (iv) awareness raising; and (v) knowledge sharing and facilitate learning.

As a result of the significant scientific effort to date, aided by public concern, models simulating climate change have gained considerable skill... There will be many scientific and technical challenges along the way, but the hope is that simulations of the global environment will be able to maximise the number of people around the world who can adapt to, and be protected from the worst impacts of, global warming.

Commit to making significant progress towards restoring the natural environment by 2020, including the doubling of UK woodland cover, meeting other habitat targets and ensuring that protected sites are in good condition; through utilising reforms to agricultural incentives, planning policy and other measures to create high quality landscapes rich in nature and able to adapt to climate change.

In a first ever report, presented by the United Nations Environment Programme, the challenges of adapting to the changing climate in Africa are pinpointed.

Climate Asia provides the first comprehensive picture of how people are impacted by and responding to changes in their environment across seven countries and maps where communities are struggling and adapting.

We all know that adapting to climate change is going to cost us — but that doing nothing will ultimately cost us even more — however, a new report from the International Institute for Environment and Development says that the real costs of adaptation are likely to be 2 - 3 times greater than those estimated by the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change: This new estimate places the adaptation costs in the range of $ 80 - 510 billion annually, rather than the $ 40 - 170 billion projection from the change is going to cost us — but that doing nothing will ultimately cost us even more — however, a new report from the International Institute for Environment and Development says that the real costs of adaptation are likely to be 2 - 3 times greater than those estimated by the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change: This new estimate places the adaptation costs in the range of $ 80 - 510 billion annually, rather than the $ 40 - 170 billion projection from the Change: This new estimate places the adaptation costs in the range of $ 80 - 510 billion annually, rather than the $ 40 - 170 billion projection from the UNFCC.

Climate change is expected to exacerbate these challenges through its direct effects on people and the environment, as well as by imposing the need for measures to keep greenhouse gas emissions low and adapt to climate impacts.

However, they point out that much of this damage will be avoided by people choosing for themselves to adapt to a change in their environment.

Requirements: - Bachelors degree strongly preferred - Superior communication skills - Strict attention to detail and high level of organization - Patience and ability to adapt to constantly changing situations - Pleasant / engaging phone manner - Balance between enjoying a fun / collegial environment, and maintaining high professional standards / maturity - Must demonstrate immaculate trustworthiness with exposure to highly sensitive personal information - Flexibility is critical - Prompt and timely delivery of projects and maintaining deadlines - Must be available off hours by email or phone as needed; and occasionally additional hours may be required for special projects or events as workload dictates - Proficiency on Microsoft Office Suite / Outlook, Excel, Familiarity with Adobe Suite / Photoshop / Illustrator preferred

Aiding sales teams by contributing administrative, technical and clerical support - Be able to adapt and thrive in constantly changing environments

The new regulations don't appear at first glance to support the challenging environment for Educators - by introducing more classroom challenges and more pressure to change the layout of the physical space - Educators will inevitably spend less time enhancing the development of young children and more time adapting to yet another set of regulatory changes.

Proponents of this theory assert that human development is driven by a complex set of interactions that occurs between individuals as they change and adapt to their direct and indirect environments.