The phrase "adapt to cold" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing how someone or something adjusts to low temperatures or cold environments.
Example: "Animals in the Arctic have evolved to adapt to cold, developing thick fur and layers of fat for insulation."
Alternatives: "adjust to cold" or "acclimate to cold".
To provide insight into how bacterial proteins evolve to adapt to cold environment, S. halifaxensis, S. sediminis and three other cold-adapted Shewanella were compared on proteome amino acid composition with 12 other mesophilic strains of Shewanella as well as 93 other γ-proteobacteria living in either warm or cold environments (listed in Fig 2).
In Eskimo populations, there are signals of selection in genes that help people adapt to cold.
These mice are unable to adapt to cold because of dysfunctional mitochondria and decreased mitochondrial mass, which thereby compromises survival54.
Among other things, he said wheat plants could be changed to rye and that seeds soaked in freezing water could adapt to cold climates.
"One theory is that if you adapt to cold water, you also blunt your stress response to other daily stresses such as road rage, exams or getting fired at work," said Van Tulleken.
The reconstructed landscapes of periglacial forest steppe developed as a result of both radical changes in vegetation of the temperate forest zone of the last interglacial and migration of individual floristic groups which were able to adapt to cold and continental climate of the glacial time.
In addition, the way Neanderthal alleles are distributed in the human genome tells us about the forces that shaped lives long ago, perhaps helping the earliest non-Africans adapt to colder, darker regions.
He suspects that these fatty acid genes were advantageous for modern humans and may have helped Neandertals and, later, Europeans adapt to colder environments.
Because two-thirds of our brains are built of fatty acids, or lipids, the differences in fat composition between Europeans and Asians might have functional consequences, perhaps in helping them adapt to colder climates or causing metabolic diseases.
An alternative hypothesis is that new food sources may have helped Europeans to adapt to colder climates with less sunlight [17].
Numerous authors [ 10, 44, 45, 50, 51] have pointed out that the mechanisms of cold adaptation are more complex than previously anticipated, as enzymes seem to have adapted to cold in different ways [ 52].
