Word: adaptive
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Romero said he plans to continue the organization next year or to adapt it to the larger needs of Harvard's bisexual, gay, and lesbian community...
...reservoirs behind the dams have slowed the smolts' traveling time from seven days to six weeks. This increases their exposure to predators and to higher water temperatures that make them susceptible to disease. The combination can be fatal, throwing off the delicate biological clock that allows the salmon to adapt miraculously from fresh to salt water once they get to the sea. The smolts that survive face a grisly threat: the majority end up ground to a pulp in the deadly turbines that create the cheapest electricity in the country...
...celled plants) and krill (tiny shrimplike animals), which are at the very bottom of the ocean food chain. Since these organisms, found in greatest concentrations in Antarctic waters, nourish larger fish, the ultimate consumers -- humans -- may face a maritime food shortage. Scientists believe the lower plants and animals can adapt to rising UV levels by developing UV-absorbing cell pigments. But that works only up to a point, and no one knows what that point...
Hoping to share her insight on the state of the former Soviet Union, Khanga said she is "really interested in how the Soviets will adapt psychologically and what will happen in the short...
...real sign of success when you can institute a program that is strong enough to adapt," said MacKay-Smith. "I hope the association between the Freshman Dean's Office and the Nora Theatre [Company] continues for many years...