Sentences with phrase «as the ecosystem around»

As the ecosystem around blockchain continues to expand and develop, Ripple will look to support new use cases of the technology including more investments in business use cases developed by entrepreneurial teams and funds.

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With a theme focusing on tackling how entrepreneurs can be supported by the ecosystem, the event aimed to celebrate and leverage Bahrain's strategic role for startups in the GCC region and around the world as an ideal startup hub for entrepreneurs and investors looking to expand their impact.

If everyone were to frame their investment choices around such goals as eliminating poverty, preserving ocean ecosystems and fostering innovation for sustainable cities, the world would certainly begin to look different.

They are leveraging the new technology to do things in a totally different way and the ability of this technology to move value in an almost frictionless way, and they are using the tokens as financial incentives to create an ecosystem around their ideas.

In fact, this pair represents only a tiny fraction of the digital ecosystem that has built up around the exploiting of information Facebook users share online, as described in detail by Austria's Cracked Labs Institute for Critical Digital Culture, in a June 2017 study.

However, I suspect that there are many other less obvious problems around scaling and ecosystem that will need to be solved, just as with bitcoin.

As lawmakers around the world tussle over how to define and regulate cryptocurrency, the Swiss have little time to waste building a blockchain ecosystem.

From what I've read, the theory goes that as plants feed useful chemicals back into the soil, birds make nests and beavers build dams, we too create mini ecosystems around us, except that as well as physically, we do it through culture.

As population pressures increase around the globe, and the pace of conversion from forests to farmland accelerates, current farming and grazing practices will only continue to intensify the cycle of poverty experienced by most farmers, especially in and around our planet's most sensitive and unique ecosystems.

There is a whole ecosystem developed around the Medela pumps which means that there are many manufacturers of replacements and accessories which are just as durable and efficient as the original ones.

We need to make sure that we are in control over the things that affects us.Anytime there is flood and people loose their life, most of the blame goes to sitting presidents.I am not saying that the central government does not have responsibility to ensure that enabling environment is created.They have a great work to do but as citizens what is our quota?When you move around Accra, sometimes i becomes angry within myself because i am in doubt as to whether our sanitation laws exit.People because of the tax they claim they pay waits for zoom lion workers to come and clean the choked gutters before our houses and shops either than that, it will remain like that.Is it modernity or civilization that has turned us to forget our traditional values or duties of ensuring that our environments is clean?Everybody in our Ghanaian setting knows the responsibility of men and women in making sure that our environments are clean not waiting for flood to occur and we start blaming sitting presidents.To the media, though your responsibility is to keep governments on it toes, you equally have a mandate in educating the public of what we are expected to do as citizens in other to ensure that our dear nation is a better ecosystem for all of us to live.The attention of the media should be shifted from making politicians popular to making us aware as citizens of our responsibilities.I sometimes get confused to hear journalists calling opponents to comment on issues concerning the sitting governments and the only thing that comes to my mind is what do the journalist want to hear from the political opponents?Nothing.They will end up criticizing without giving an alternative.The media should rather resort in questioning people directly to where the problems are coming from.Let us build our institutions.When it comes to energy issues.Citifm will call Hon.KT Hammond who was a deputy minister living who he worked under (His boss at that time) and I always become confused because what can we expect from him?nothing.

To better inform the tradeoffs involved in land use choices around the world, experts have assessed the value of ecosystem services provided by land resources such as food, poverty reduction, clean water, climate and disease regulation and nutrients cycling.

Hunting and habitat loss are killing off big carnivores around the world, just as ecologists are discovering how important they are for keeping ecosystems in balance.

This is worrying because ecosystems around the world are being diced up as human activities encroach.

As mining companies prepare to exploit the copper and gold in the seabed, we explore the fate of the unique ecosystems around tectonic boundaries

«Our dietary specialization studies show us that a majority of insect herbivores, around the world, pick one plant in their local ecosystem and feed on just that one type of plant, not every plant that's available, as many people assume.»

They add that «this stabilization must occur in such a way as to give the ecosystems the opportunity to adapt naturally» without compromising food safety or hindering sustainable social and economic development around the world.

New insights into animal patterns around extinct submarine volcanoes could inform measures used to protect marine ecosystems from human activities, such as trawling and deep - sea mining.

Yet now researchers are learning that just as human quirks and temperaments shape our lives and the world around us, the behavior patterns of individual animals affect their role in their ecosystem, their prospects for survival, and, ultimately, their evolution.

The paper, published in the Journal of Environmental Management, examines artificial coral reefs as «recreational ecosystem services,» offering a new methodology to evaluate the aesthetic, behavioral and attitudinal aspects of which artificial reefs around the world can be evaluated.

The ecosystem turns around as predators are being outnumbered by preys.

Krill is central to the ecosystem around South Georgia, feeding numerous colonies of marine mammals, seabirds and penguins, as well as sustaining plentiful fisheries within South Georgia waters.

The Blue Carbon Initiative partners, as well as many other organizations around the world, are working on conservation science, policy and management of blue carbon ecosystems globally.

As a proportion of all the images entered into this year's image competition, marine ecosystems were perhaps the most underrepresented, with only around 5 % of entries depicting an ecosystem that covers some 70 % of the globe.

A healthy microbiome is a diverse microbiome, and there's no better way to diversify your microbial ecosystem than to spend time outdoors in nature, play in the dirt, and hang out around animals as often as you are able — all will contribute valuable additions to your resident populations of microbes.

As mentioned, The Microbiome Diet centres around the idea that the key to optimal body function — and in turn, high metabolism and weight loss — is a thriving internal ecosystem of bacteria.

We are also looking to firmly establish TrulyMadly as the de facto social discovery platform for Indian millennials.In the coming year, we want to build a great ecosystem around dating, that not only allows singles to discover each other and chat with each other, but also enables their real world dates.

Each island has its own ecosystem so filled with details and different things to do that, as soon as one level is over, the question of what will Retro do next always looms around, and the developer always surprises.

«The South by Southwest conference focuses on US - based innovation, as well as forward - thinking companies and technology ecosystems from around the globe,» said Kelly.

A collection of photos from my travels to different oceans and seas around the world, which I have used with my students on topics such as habitats and ecosystems, but also on water, pollution, and forces.

«I think when students can see how science is actually happening all around them in their own environment they are more likely to gain interest and engage,» she says, offering as example her ecology class in which 50 percent of the sessions were taught outside in the forest, «where students can physically interact with their ecosystem.»

Android Auto is built around Google Maps, Google Now and the ability to talk to Google, as well as a growing audio and messaging app ecosystem that includes WhatsApp, Skype, Google Play Music, Spotify, and podcast players.

Android Auto is built around Google Maps, Google Now and the ability to talk to Google, as well as a growing audio and messaging app ecosystem that includes:

Although this was still still dominated by iPad a lot of the excitement and commentary seem to be around the Kindle and the Nook — combining as they do a content ecosystem with the delivery of that content.

As we continue to collaborate with MIPS to broaden the mobile ecosystem around the legendary MIPS architecture, we anticipate even broader proliferation of our devices worldwide.

The KDE team seem to be working hard in constructing an ecosystem that will revolve around the Vivaldi tablet as well as other Plasma Active devices down the road.

«It will take time and significant effort for RIM to attract developers and deliver a compelling ecosystem of applications and services around QNX to position it as a viable alternative to Apple or Android.

«We have been actively engaged with developers from around the world for many months and as we near the final weeks toward the launch of BlackBerry 10, the growing dedication and commitment we see from our developer community is truly outstanding,» said Alec Saunders, Vice President, Developer Relations and Ecosystems at Research In Motion.

Additionally, these views arise in a context where strong majorities of adults consider themselves «lifelong learners» and libraries around the country are working to fit their programs and services into local educational ecosystems — both the formal parts of it (such as schools) and the informal parts of it (such as «do it yourself» learning opportunities).

As you pointed out it makes it very difficult to build an ecosystem around digital books when the format and platforms are closed.

Besides, the Riviera Maya is known around the world for its natural beauty and biodiversity, consisting on the lush Mayan Jungle, the mesmerizing «cenotes» or natural sinkholes of fresh water fed by underground rivers, the mangroves ecosystems supporting a wealth of life, from fishes to crocodiles and of course the legendary postcard - like beaches as the perfect backdrop for Riviera Maya hotels.

The marine ecosystem of Puerto Galera nurtures a diversity and abundance of marine life such as I have rarely witnessed in some 20 years of research diving around the world.

Each island has its own ecosystem so filled with details and different things to do that, as soon as one level is over, the question of what will Retro do next always looms around, and the developer always surprises.

As you can see in the Newzoo graphic above, Microsoft is the only competitor out of the big 3 in the console market to effectively tap into the market of console / PC gamers and creating a new ecosystem around these people that wish to play both and to have their games, friends, achievements, captures etc. on both will have that available to them whether they're playing on their console or on their PC.

Corals around the world, already threatened by pollution, destructive fishing practices and other problems, are also widely regarded as among the ecosystems likely to be first — and most — threatened with destruction as earth's climate warms.

Another, and perhaps more deeply compelling, one would be that we'll have renewable energy as incumbent, with all the attendant advantages of that status — the technological ecosystem will be built around its needs and assumptions.

But such risks wouldn't be limited to just the polar or just the tropical regions; species would be lost all around the world, as rapid adaptation to warming reshuffled ecosystems everywhere.

In the Arctic, the tipping points identified in the new report, published on Friday, include: growth in vegetation on tundra, which replaces reflective snow and ice with darker vegetation, thus absorbing more heat; higher releases of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, from the tundra as it warms; shifts in snow distribution that warm the ocean, resulting in altered climate patterns as far away as Asia, where the monsoon could be effected; and the collapse of some key Arctic fisheries, with knock - on effects on ocean ecosystems around the globe.»

The IPCC also reports that the resilience of many ecosystems around the world is likely to be exceeded this century by an unprecedented combination of climate change; disturbances associated with climate change, such as flooding, drought, wildfire, and insects; and other global change - drivers, including land - use changes, pollution, habitat fragmentation, urbanization, and growing human populations and economies.

«Climate change should to be tackled by reducing emissions, not by altering ocean ecosystems,» said Dr Paul Johnston, Head of Greenpeace International's Science Unit, «Planktos is intending to conduct this reckless experiment in waters around the Galapagos Islands which are globally significant in biological terms and should be designated as fully protected marine reserves.»