However
when changing environmental conditions cause an ice shelf to slip and capture a colony of Emperor Penguins inside a snowy trap, the young chick determines that flying is their only way out.
LIZARD SPECIALIST, Principal Scientist: Molecular Ecology Programme, South African National Biodiversity Institute, Cape Town, South Africa, KRYSTAL TOLLEY interviewed on a field trip into the mountains of the Couga basin E. CAPE describes the interaction between all species, the way they are responding to
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changed environmental conditions for a discrete subpopulation of the original population, such as when ice ages cause dramatic changes in sea levels, cutting species into subgroups.
2 By studying the record of Earth's history contained in sedimentary rocks from the time just prior to the rise of animals, between 1200 and 650 million years ago, reading these rocks for clues about
changing environmental conditions by chemical analysis, and systematically scouring them for traces of life — from fossils as well as chemical signatures;
Projecting forward, the research team anticipate that the ranges of many species will shift to higher elevations
as changing environmental conditions envelop the landscapes of the Albertine Rift.
The huge mountain has long been Curiosity's ultimate science destination; mission scientists want the rover to climb up Mount Sharp's foothills, reading a history of the planet's
changing environmental conditions along the way.
To ensure the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP) is responsive to
changing environmental conditions like climate change and sea - level rise, as well as to changes in water management, a new report by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine calls for a re-examination of the program's original restoration goals and recommends a forward - looking, systemwide analysis of Everglades restoration outcomes across a range of scenarios.
They disappeared at the end of the Devonian period, perhaps because they were left in the shade of taller, more robust trees, or
because changing environmental conditions may have favored Archaeopteris, the ancestors of modern trees that appeared about 385 million years ago.
So, while it may seem like an usually sinister phenomenon, cannibalistic ways appear to be a long - practiced final resort for animals who are trying to hold on in the face
of changing environmental conditions.
Changing environmental conditions and land management may induce a temporary or definite change of the equilibrium to a new level that is considered stable.
Now, a 15 - year, 30 - nation research collective called Geotraces is embarking on an ambitious global survey of ocean chemistry to quantify trace elements and shed light on how chemical concentrations fluctuate in response to
changing environmental conditions.
This is a particularly useful approach for understanding how to predict forest physiological responses to
changing environmental conditions, including climate.
The discovery of the lakes in Greenland will also help researchers to understand how the ice will respond to
changing environmental conditions.
All the green growing things on this earth evolved over millennia, adapting in response to
changing environmental conditions.
«You can't study the effect of
changing environmental conditions and its relationship to bird populations without a long - term study and long - term data,» Brawn says.
One tantalizing possibility is that as these restless bits of DNA drift throughout the genomes of human brain cells, they help create the vibrant cognitive diversity that helps humans as a species respond to
changing environmental conditions, and produces extraordinary «outliers,» including innovators and geniuses such as Picasso, says UC San Diego neuroscientist Alysson Muotri.
That makes them capable of adapting very quickly to
changing environmental conditions.
In the Helmholtz Russia Research Group LaBeglo, project leader Luckenbach and his team from UFZ have been working for the past six years with researchers from the University of Irkutsk, the AWI in Bremerhaven and the University of Leipzig to discover what consequences
the changed environmental conditions — such as rising water temperatures and chemical pollution — have for the unique fauna of Lake Baikal.
And we learn which strategies plants use to adapt to
changing environmental conditions.»
An influx of genetic diversity through breeding with outsiders could give the Yellowstone grizzly population greater resiliency to
changing environmental conditions.
Researchers at the site study how Arctic lands and freshwater lakes and streams respond to
changing environmental conditions.
Because huge expanses of the deep ocean will be exposed to
changing environmental conditions as a result of climate change (Mora et al., 2013; this study), the societal impacts of climate change in the deep sea will undoubtedly be widespread, complex and dynamic.
An analysis of potential consequences of interspecies hybridization for the aquaculture industry, especially in the context of
changing environmental conditions, was provided.
«The Proto ‐ Aurignacian shows some internal variability that could reflect an adaptation to
changing environmental conditions, overall it remains very stable in terms of its techno ‐ typology and social geography across these events,» the researchers wrote in their study.
I think the strength of mosquitoes as a vector in their movement is their diversity and their abilities to adapt to different hosts and that
changing environmental conditions can enhance their development and survival.
In a long - term study, conducted by the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies in Millbrook, NY, results showed ticks are appearing earlier and in more places across the United States than before due to
changing environmental conditions.
«The Proto ‐ Aurignacian shows some internal variability that could reflect an adaptation to
changing environmental conditions, overall it remains very stable in terms of its techno ‐ typology and social geography across these events,» the researchers wrote in their study.
Studies that did find increases after normalization did not fully correct for wealth and population increases, or they identified other sources of exposure increases or vulnerability changes or
changing environmental conditions.
We have the right incentives to learn and to adapt to
our changing environmental conditions.
In the Atlantic generally,
the changing environmental conditions (Box 3.5) have been more favourable in the past decade for tropical storms to develop.