Clearly attitudes to the natural world change over time - and vary between regions.
If so, should we let NASA continue to focus more and more of its resources upon trying to protect the planet from natural climate change?
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The improvement in the natural population change in particularly impressive.
However, Russia has also made a great deal of under-appreciated progress in addressing these problems to that point that its natural population change is noticeably better than the largest member of the European Union.
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No creationist in academia has a belief in fixity of species, indeed no serious minded scientist who believes in Creation has ever denied natural selection and change within kinds.
Direct impacts of climate change on natural processes may be exacerbated by human activities.
Each morning I would try to change my natural tendency by exerting self-control.
And it's an extremely short segment within an eternally long natural cyclic pattern of change that continues to occur independent of our presence or approval.
It is dependent on the plasticity of the brain, and on the fact that experience is as powerful an agent of change as natural selection.
Many toothpastes on the market claim to have 'whitening' properties - meaning that they may remove stains, rather than change the natural colour of the teeth.
Consumers can use natural voice commands to change channels, search for content on the Web, access Samsung's Smart Hub, and connect with friends and family via Skype.
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"I've been saying the last few years that the thing people are underestimating the most is how 'natural interface' will change computing, " he said in an interview.
We've been hearing a lot of bad news about the environment such as climate change throwing natural systems out of balance, but things could be looking up slightly.
Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn described several profound changes that have taken place since the 1990 Jomtien Conference on Education for All, from climate change and natural resource depletion to rapid urbanization.
The real challenge is figuring out whether a particular storm or flood was due to climate change or natural variables, said Chris Field, founding director of the Carnegie Institution's Department of Global Ecology.
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In setting out its findings, the paper states that "although it is theoretically possible that a transcendent being exists and responds to prayer, it is also possible that prayer taps into presently undiscovered natural mechanisms that produce change".
On one hand, sustainability creates huge opportunities by catalysing innovation and on the other, it calls for transformation in which global challenges of growth, urbanization, scarcity of natural resources and environmental change will become key strategic business drivers.
Catholicism is also a strong cultural influence in Africa's continuing search for answers to the challenges of poverty, diseases, ethnic and religious conflicts, wars, political and economic problems, radical Islamic fundamentalism, and how to mitigate the effects of climate change and natural disasters.
With other rainforest regions such as the Amazon also being depleted rapidly -- the percentage of the earth's land surface covered by rainforest is estimated to have slipped from 14 percent to around six percent -- the sudden disappearance of millions of hectares of the earth's natural defenses against climate change is likely to have consequences far beyond local communities and wildlife.
For 145 years, ITU has coordinated the shared global use of the radio spectrum, promoted international cooperation in assigning satellite orbits, worked to improve telecommunication infrastructure in the developing world, established the worldwide standards that foster seamless interconnection of a vast range of communications systems and addressed the global challenges of our times, such as mitigating the impact of natural disasters and climate change and strengthening cybersecurity.
Spelling Bee Director Paige Kimble said the rule change is a natural extension of the contest.
Climate change is the natural rule, not the exception, and extreme weather events are part of the deal.
This bans any change in the natural state of the park, except on educational, scientific and tourism grounds.
According to Artem Dinaburg, security researcher for Raytheon, purely natural events like heat can change your Web surfing experience.
Firms on the lookout for ways to improve their image and NGOs hoping to bring about meaningful change seem like natural partners.
If an (effective) ban on coal does produce a boon for natural gas, it could change the politics of regulation in two big respects.
Regardless of rising prices, people who eat natural food are unlikely to change that behavior, as it is a lifestyle choice, according to Wolf.
The fish reaches maturity more quickly than its natural cohorts but the genetic change confers no detectable difference in its appearance, ultimate size, taste or nutritional value.
Citing the example of Hurricane Katrina, which hit New Orleans in 2005, he underlined that even the most developed countries are vulnerable to natural disasters exacerbated by climate change.
The panel on Indigenous Knowledge noted the expanding recognition of indigenous and traditional knowledge as an essential building block for global sustainability in numerous domains such as biodiversity conservation and management, food security, natural disaster preparedness, climate change assessment and adaptation, amongst others.
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