Sentences with phrase «when changing environmental conditions»

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.

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One is 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.

The major aim of food chemistry is to understand and prevent the undesirable changes of food when it exposed to the severe environmental conditions and to improve the nutrients and quality of food.

Meanwhile, the birch trees that scientists once suspected would «pick up the slack» when climatic conditions began to overwhelm white spruce appear to be similarly susceptible to the environmental changes.

«Humans can adapt their behaviour to a wide range of climatic and environmental conditions, so it is essential that we understand the degree to which human choices in the past, present and future are resilient and sustainable in the face of variable weather conditions, and when confronted with abrupt events of climate change.

They are working to understand how the aerosols change their physical properties when exposed to different environmental conditions and the ensuing chemical reactions.

Variation in species numbers can not be explained by the increase in area, even when incorporating estimations of changes in environmental conditions (interpreted logarithmically from the intercept) and the rate of increase due to the species present (interpreted from the gradient of the regression line).

When extreme environmental conditions occur, questions often arise regarding the potential role of human - caused or natural climate change.

This adaptability makes it more likely for large numbers of offspring to survive when environmental conditions change.