Sentences with phrase «rapidly change this course»

The idea of rapidly changing course is a central tenet of the so - called Fourth Industrial Revolution.

Today's study, published in the journal Nature Communications, shows that a major Himalayan river, the Sutlej River, used to flow along the trace of the Ghaggar - Hakra river but rapidly changed course upstream eight thousand years ago.

And a second question to that — do you see any cutting - edge technology besides solar and wind, any bright spots on the horizon that suggest we can rapidly change this course?

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Green Climate Fund (GCF) risks becoming a sideshow to big development banks and other multilateral institutions unless it rapidly changes course, according to the findings of a new study by Friends of the Earth U.S. and the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS).

Not exact matches

A historical reputation, of course, does not change quite so rapidly.

On this basis, Eigen maintains that abrupt changes of a quite major sort are to be expected in the normal course of events, as a quasi-species centered on one sequence is rapidly replaced by a rather different successor quasi-species centered quite far away on one of the extensions of the former species.

Of course, Facebook's not exactly the right medium if you're trying to keep your plans out of the hands of the authorities, but according to an article in The Telegraph (note: whose name itself preserves a much older age of rapidly changing communications technology), the actual organizing work is happening on private digital channels:

A study of the way malaria parasites behave when they live in human red blood cells has revealed that they can rapidly change the proteins on the surface of their host cells during the course of a single infection in order to hide from the immune system.

«The results of these studies and the genetic tools developed in the course of these studies are helping to dissect how evolution occurs on a contemporary (rather than geological) scale and why some species are more likely to adapt to a rapidly changing world,» said Diane Nacci, a research biologist at EPA and coauthor on both papers.

Using subsidence stratigraphy, the team traced the different modes of coastal sedimentation over the course of time in the eastern Indian Ocean where relative sea - level change evolved from rapidly rising to static from 8,000 years ago to the present day.

Comparisons with the genome data of humans and our closest relatives, the great apes, show that while we all genetically have the same ancestors, the genetic information of the gibbons has changed more rapidly and stronger in the course of the evolutionary process.

The World Cinema Jury Prize: Documentary was presented to A River Changes Course (from Cambodia), directed by Kalyanee Mam — Three young Cambodians struggle to overcome the crushing effects of deforestation, overfishing, and overwhelming debt in this devastatingly beautiful story of a country reeling from the tragedies of war and rushing to keep pace with a rapidly expanding world.

His unique perspective leads him to conclude that «American education is at a crossroads» and «we need to change course» to maintain leadership in a rapidly changing world.

As the field of education changes rapidly, it's no longer enough for faculties of education to deliver static, technical courses on the methods of teaching.

This year I taught a new course that I had not previously taught, and as the year progressed I formed opinions rapidly on things that I thought I did well, things I knew I wanted to change right away, and so on.

The nature and availability of technological tools changes rapidly and this dynamism should be reflected in course content.

As such, a microlearning approach is ideal for rapidly changing compliance online training courses.

And, it's true that our ideas about dog care have changed rapidly over the course of the last century.

«Today, terminology for women has been and is being rapidly expanded, enriched and changed in a more and more diversified fashion; manifesting the transformation from passive to positive involvement of women in society... Of course, in the present male dominated society, the traditional cognition of women is still the mainstream.»

Peter Vitousek noted that «We are the first generation with the tools to understand changes in the earth's system caused by human activity, and the last with the opportunity to influence the course of many of the changes now rapidly underway.»

We're optimistic that this rapidly growing campaign is having a serious impact — and, NWEI is excited to be launching a new climate change discussion course this Spring to add to the momentum.

What multiple other commenters HAVE done, of course, is to utterly refute the multiple fallacies underlying your strident sloganeering that the technologies, efficiencies AND «behavior changes» needed to rapidly reduce emissions must necessarily impose «deprivation and hardship» on everyone.

There are no heavy legal textbooks in the required reading for a bold new course at the still young law school of British Columbia's Thompson Rivers University, as assistant professor Katie Sykes seeks to equip her students for the rapidly changing legal landscape they will face as newly minted lawyers.

Of course, hurricanes can change course rapidly and leave you trapped in your home.

The Foothill College Dental Assisting Program offers a balance of academic, laboratory and clinical courses to prepare our students to work in this rapidly changing field.

Technology savvy, attending courses to keep current of rapidly changing IT environment.

Let your clients know that you are capable of working effectively with — and within — a rapidly changing multicultural market by taking this course.