Sentences with phrase «by adaptation to the environment»

Instead, he argued from a mass of evidence collected in different parts of the world, that «species» had originated by natural selection, by adaptation to the environment and by gradual evolution.

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Then, too, it will presumably be possible to leave it an open question whether the history of human descent as known to us does or does not possess features which only after the Fall of the first man can be thought of to some extent as a predominance of his pre-human past and of his environment, over a sensitivity to the world around him no longer protected by the gift of integrity, and over his lack of adaptation to a particular milieu.

The ruling assumption seems to be that the human self is programmed in some paragenetic way to seek meaning by ever more appropriate adaptation to an ever - enlarging environment.

These are governed by aims at meaning and value that are often little oriented to the practical adaptation of the organism or the psyche to its environment.

In primitive existence, intelligent adaptation to the environment and unconscious symbolization, as a means of intensifying and ordering the psychic life, existed side by side.

Man is what he has become; and his present being is what it is by virtue of the long struggle for more successful adaptation to the environment.

Let us take Lamarck's notion of «adaptation to a need imposed by the environment» and ask how the analysis of actual occasions may help us find its meaning.

According to evolutionary theory, the way something exists in nature is simply a consequence of the constraints imposed by the environment and the organisms resources for adaptation - not some ideal or optimal design imagined by an intelligent creator.

Guided by a visiting teacher naturalist in the classroom, students will use bird puppets to experience how natural selection works as they try to survive with their adaptations in the island environments available to them.

But the neat concept of adaptation to the environment driven by natural selection, as envisaged by Darwin in On the Origin of Species and now a central feature of the theory of evolution, is too simplistic.

It follows that macroevolution may, over the longer - term, be driven largely by internally generated genetic change, not adaptation to a changing environment.

The study also reveals how the ground tit genome can be characterised by a range of adaptations to the environment it calls home.

Natural selection creates a dynamic, ever - changing biota, driven to evolve by genetic variation, adaptation to different environments, competition for limited resources, and cooperative exchanges among individuals.

We contend that the rate of adaptation might also increase to match that of environmental degradation by carefully selecting coral populations from extreme environments and introducing them to areas that are only now beginning to experience such extremes.

This raises the question of whether these bunodont teeth were inherited by all otters from a common ancestor, or evolved independently in different otter lineages over time because of the evolution of similar adaptations to thrive in similar environments.

This indicates that parallel adaptation to similar environments may lead to the same result by natural selection, yet this evolution can proceed along different evolutionary genetic routes.

The same neuroplasticity that leaves emotional regulation, behavioral adaptation, and executive functioning skills vulnerable to early disruption by stressful environments also enables their successful development through focused interventions during sensitive periods in their maturation.

«By adaptation, we mean a range of options based on existing technologies, such as switching varieties of a crop, installing irrigation or growing a different crop, one better suited to warmer temperatures,» said Lobell, the associate director of the Center on Food Security and the Environment at Stanford.

This means that by studying the effect of genetic changes during the domestication of dogs we can also learn about our own species» adaptations to the environment and related diseases.

Finally, we collaborate with Lauren Chapman of McGill University (Montreal, Canada) to study the role of phenotypic plasticity (changes induced by the environment) and genetic assimilation in the process of adaptation and evolutionary change of cichlid fishes.

Due to their adaptation to high salinity environments, in the paper by Zhang et al., we hypothesized that halophiles may be a good source of IL - tolerant cellulases.

They respond to their environment by progression towards next developmental stages, by evolutionary adaptation, by malignant growth or eventually by death.

By using a multidisciplinary approach involving neurobiology, phylogeny and ecology, I aim to better understand fish visual adaptations in relation to their environment and evolutionary history.

In this film adaptation, the bleak streets of 19th Century London are recreated in dramatic detail, providing the perfect environment for us to observe the moral decay of Benjamin Barker, a barber who is sent to jail for fifteen years on false charges by Judge Turpin (Alan Rickman), who fancied his wife.

«Universal design is the design of products and environments to be usable by all people, to the greatest extent possible, without the need for adaptation or specialized design.»

The Special Education Teacher will be responsible for the successful completion of the following tasks: + Manage and provide instructional guidance, virtual teaching and general strategies for a caseload of students; + Develop, write and help implement IEPs; + Evaluate tests and assessments, complete report cards and conduct parent conferences; + Communicate regularly with parents / learning coaches of students with special needs to insure that their IEP goals are being met, and that their needs are addressed in a timely and appropriate fashion; + Consult with teachers and coordinate the implementation of specially designed instruction as defined in the IEP regarding students with specific needs and potential learning issues; + Provide direct services to students including services delivered through web - conferencing software, as needed; + Schedule, organize and conduct IEP related meetings in a virtual environment, as needed; + Participate in the school's Student Support Team; help teachers and learning coaches develop and implement program modifications and strategies for all students; + Assist, as needed, with the organization and proper implementation of all paperwork, documentation and procedures for the IEP process; + Assist with locating service providers for students needing related services as mandated by their IEPs; + Assist with negotiating and executing contracts with service providers for students requiring such services; + Maintain accurate and up - to - date data in the school's Learning Management System and special education software; + Assist with administering state testing and coordinate the special adaptations that are required based on the IEP; and + Other duties as assigned.

The environment - and by that we mean everything surrounding a living organism, from its neighbors to the weather - drives adaptation by selecting any trait that helps a living thing survive and reproduce, and extinguishing every trait that hinders either survival or reproduction.

The breed standard is unique, in that its characteristics were not developed by humans, but rather as an adaptation to the dog's natural environment.

You'll also discover their amazing adaptations to their harsh environment - where their very survival is threatened alternately by parching and flooding, oxygen and salt.

Link can equip a huge variety of different weapons and armor in Breath of the Wild, allowing for adaptation to the ever - changing environment of Hyrule and tactics used by different enemies.

As further investigations in the field of child development imply, these abilities, or this intelligence, are built up minutely, step by step, from infancy onward, and the patterns of adaptation - accommodation may be established so early within the subject - in - an - environment that they may indeed appear to be innate to the unsophisticated observer.

There is an urgent need to scale up financial flows, particularly financial support to developing countries; to create positive incentives for actions; to finance the incremental costs of cleaner and low - carbon technologies; to make more efficient use of funds directed toward climate change; to realize the full potential of appropriate market mechanisms that can provide pricing signals and economic incentives to the private sector; to promote public sector investment; to create enabling environments that promote private investment that is commercially viable; to develop innovative approaches; and to lower costs by creating appropriate incentives for and reducing and eliminating obstacles to technology transfer relevant to both mitigation and adaptation.

Michael J. Scott et al., «Climate Change and Adaptation in Irrigated Agriculture — A Case Study of the Yakima River,» in UCOWR / NIWR Conference, Water Allocation: Economics and the Environment (Carbondale, IL: Universities Council on Water Resources, 2004); Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, «Global Warming to Squeeze Western Mountains Dry by 2050,» press release (Richland, WA: 16 February 2004).

This class, presented by Ms. Lucy Naydenova from UN Environment, highlighted 4 key approaches commonly used to promote climate change adaptation in water resources and referred to two case studies.

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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.

The IPCC was established by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) in 1988 to assess for governments the scientific, technical and socio - economic information relevant for the understanding of climate change, and to identify its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation.

They argue, «A view of coral reef ecosystems that emphasizes regional and historical variability and acclimation / adaptation to various environments is likely to be more accurate than one that sees them as characterized by stable and benign temperature regimes close to their upper thresholds.»

This policy document presents the strategies developed by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) to support adaptation action in developing countries and countries with economies in transition.

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 UNFCC.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was established jointly by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to assess periodically the science, impacts, and socio - economics of climate change and of adaptation and mitigation options.

More info: Bangladesh Environment Network Global Climate Change 20 Million People in Bangladesh Displaced by Rising Seas - But Less Land Than Previously Thought Lost Bangladesh Wants $ 4 Billion from Wealthy Countries for Climate Change Adaptation Projects Bangladesh Tries Working With Nature to Stave Off Sea Level Rise

And it's not just skiers and tourism officials who are getting nervous about the fate of the continent's famous mountains.Temperatures in the Alps are increasing at a rate more than twice the global average, according to a recent report by the European Environment Agency, «Regional climate change and adaptation: The Alps facing the challenge of changing water resources.»

Dr. Kiang also relates this work to research in astrobiology, particularly with regard to how photosynthetic activity produces signs of life at the global scale (e.g., biogenic gases like oxygen and photosynthetic pigments like chlorophyll) and how these may exhibit adaptations to alternative environments on extrasolar planets, resulting in other «biosignatures» that might be detected by space telescopes.

This project was given CEO approval in December 2008, and is estimated to be completed by February 2013 with the 5.5 million USD funding coming from the Global Environment Fund (GEF) and the Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF)(Community Based Adaptation to Climate Change through Coastal Afforestation).

Adaptation strives to change structures and systems in the built environment to address the risks and impacts created by climate change.

The mechanism proposed by Del Giudice by which adult attachment style is adapted to the extrinsic risk in the local environment via attachment style during the early years does not fulfill important criteria of an adaptation.

Her theory goes on to prove this point by identifying the effects of an individual's social environment on his or her adaptation to each stage of life.