The phrase "altering nature" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing environmental changes, genetic modifications, or any actions that change the natural state of something.
Example: "The rapid industrialization in the region is altering nature in ways that could have long-term consequences for local ecosystems."
Alternatives: "modifying nature" or "changing the natural world".
He tells me that Nexia's project is less about altering nature than harnessing it.
Thomas has argued that there has been little discussion of the ethical and cultural implications of altering nature so fundamentally.
"But at the same time we are able to feed six billion people through science and altering nature.
So when people start saying that we're altering nature in a fundamental way, it's both, I think, wrong and a misreading of how we farm".
The main themes of the exhibition include reaffirming the gentle nature of the monster as written by Mary Shelley, rather than the horrific murderer depicted in the American film; addressing the history of humans altering nature since the novel was published in 1818; and the clash of scientific research and ethical cultures.
We have already altered nature's course everywhere.
Almond's seductive photographs contain a polemic on how technology and industrialisation has altered nature.
The real question is not whether we will continue to alter nature for our purposes but how we will do so.
Synthetic biologists are convinced that, with enough knowledge, they will be able to write programs to control those genetic components, programs that would let them not only alter nature but guide human evolution as well.
For him it was necessary to modify the traditional claim that "art imitates nature" by asserting that artists must deliberately alter nature by adding elements of feeling to perceived reality.
In revising a piece that quoted Tennyson, for instance, he altered "nature red in tooth and claw" to "nature red in claw and tooth", reasoning that a predator's claws would be bloodied before its teeth.
