Sentences with phrase «rapid change of environment»

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There are many different types of changes in an ambient environment — some very fast like electromagnetic waves, some very slow like the accumulation of pollutants in the air, and some with rapid onsets and offsets but long durations like rainfall.

This was a much more rapid way of adaptation to a changing environment.

While Presenting the award, Michael Buerk, BBC News journalist, stated that, «In spite of the challenging operating environment and rapid changes in the industry.

However, while rangeomorphs were highly suited to their Ediacaran environment, conditions in the oceans continued to change and from about 541 million years ago the «Cambrian Explosion» began — a period of rapid evolutionary development when most major animal groups first appeared in the fossil record.

With mere fragments of DNA, the scientists can reconstruct entire genomes of these animals to better understand how species respond to rapid changes in the environment

In other studies, bird beaks have been shown to be sensitive to the environment and capable of rapid change, says coauthor Mirte Bosse, an ecologist at Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands.

The nature of science and research is changing at a rapid pace, and trust in science is dependent on maintaining the highest standards for integrity in an increasingly complex research environment.

What sort of changes in the environment or lifestyle would drive such a rapid shift in the expression of genes — in this case in the liver — in humans and in no other primate?»

The rapid pace of change on the complex, competitive stage of international development — similar to what Heifetz and Laurie term «radically altered environments» in their landmark 1997 article «The Work of Leadership» — obligates UNICEF to prepare its leaders to solve stubborn problems by combining sound policy analysis and political mapping.

For example, the many learners who struggle with the traditional pedagogy and the traditional cultural bias towards certain types of learning (like verbal facility and rapid deductive reasoning) are no longer disadvantaged in an environment that is focused on relationships and processes of change.

Although it is hard to generalize across the landscape of blended learning because of the rapid pace of innovation in the models, the differences between the models, and the continued changes in technology, there are five common skills that teachers will likely need to be successful in a blended - learning environment.

In a time of such rapid change, educators must be cognizant of factors that contribute to learning success in digitally mediated or augmented environments.

Information, Media and Technology Skills: Today we live in a technology and media - suffused environment with: 1) access to an abundance of information, 2) rapid changes in technology tools, and 3) the ability to collaborate and make individual contributions on an unprecedented scale.

The approach presented here is based on three main pillars: an adaptation mechanism based on a broad understanding of system dependencies; efficient use of system knowledge through involvement of actors throughout the process; and technological solutions to enable efficient actor communication and information handling.The book provides readers with a better understanding of the factors that influence decisions, and put forward solutions to facilitate the rapid adaptation to changes in the business environment and customer needs through intelligent upgrade i...

There have been rapid and revolutionary changes in the method of teaching wherein the latest technology has been harnessed to provide enriched teaching environment as well as content.

Understanding how island taxa evolved and adapted to their new environments can also improve our ability to manage island endemics in the face of rapid environmental change.

SEGA blames this state of affairs on «the severe economic environment in the U.S. and Europe and rapid change in market environment of home video game software.»

The issues highlighted in the document include: reconnect science and policy, catalyze rapid and transformative changes in human behavior towards the environment, develop new insights on water - land interactions, accelerate the implementation of environmentally - friendly renewable energy, integrate biodiversity across the environmental and economic agendas, manage the unintended consequences of climate change mitigation and adaptation, and develop a new approach for minimizing risks of novel technologies and chemicals.

Its chapters address: excess nitrogen in the environment; combating (re) emerging infectious diseases; marine fish and shellfish farming; illegal wildlife trade; methane hydrates; realizing the potential of citizen science; air pollution; plastic debris in the ocean; securing soil carbon benefits; and rapid change in the Arctic.

With the rapid changes in the arctic environment, the North Slope of Alaska (NSA) has become a focal point for atmospheric and ecological research.

In an interview with Yale Environment 360, polar scientist Mark Serreze talks about the rapid changes he has witnessed over more than three decades of working in the Arctic and the future stability of the region if temperatures continue to climb.

An international team of researchers say in a report from the European Forest Institute that climate change is altering the environment, and it is long - lived ecosystems like forests that are particularly vulnerable to the comparatively rapid changes occurring in the climate system.

In the category of conservation, doing something simple to help the environment consistently and daily, rather then bemoaning being unable to make sweeping rapid changes.

Latin name: Torreya taxifolia Perhaps the rarest conifer in the U.S., this species is on the brink of extinction because its habitat is facing mounting pressure from rapid changes in its native environment.

Rapid changes in the Arctic environment led to rapid increases in the scope and complexity of activities in the Arctic.

Change is a constant in the human resources world: ongoing developments in the law, whether through new legislation or the courts, and the rapid evolution of best practices create a fast - paced learning environment for human resources professionals.

Register Cost: Complimentary Lead with Knowledge Change is a constant in the human resources world: ongoing developments in the law, whether through new legislation or the courts, and the rapid evolution of best practices create a fast - paced learning environment for human resources professionals.

Even in this rapid environment of change, I can see Ethereum isn't sitting on their hands, and attempting to fix the problems they have.

«We are aware of instances where the iPhone X screen will become temporarily unresponsive to touch after a rapid change to a cold environment.

In the current environment of rapid change in early childhood education, staff need support to update their skills and knowledge about teaching culturally and linguistically diverse populations, using new assessments, meeting new standards, addressing already identified special needs, identifying potential special needs, implementing high - quality curriculum models, and making decisions about using technology.

The model's deep, integrated, and rapid restructuring in each of three domains of culture change — resident care, staff culture and environment, and the physical structure — make it a comprehensive change model, distinguishing it from culture change initiatives that pursue a more incremental and à la carte approach.