Adaptation

Adaptation
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Adaptation = Action that helps cope with the effects of climate change - for example construction of barriers to protect against rising sea levels, or conversion to crops capable of surviving high temperatures and drought.  An adaptation in biology is a trait with a current functional role in the life history of an organism that is maintained and evolved by means of natural selection. An adaptation refers to both the current state of being adapted and to the dynamic evolutionary process that leads to the adaptation. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaptation

Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaptation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaptation_to_global_warming