Cold-blooded creatures generally rely on the environment to regulate body temperature, whereas warm-blooded ones typically use increased metabolism for extra warmth.
The vast majority of the people rely on the environment for their livelihoods through herding, farming, or fishing.
This is because organisations rely on the environment to guarantee access to the resources they need (Pfeffer and Salancik 1978).
Writing on his Facebook page, Mr Jonathan has warned Nigerians that oil reserves will not last forever, saying "when these resources dry up and/or the world finds an adequate alternative, we will have to rely on our environment for survival".
Tumor cells rely on the environment for angiogenesis.
Thus one might frequently have to rely on artificial environments to identify mutations that exceed wild type fitness correlates, since wild types were not selected in these environments and thus cannot be expected to be optimal.
"If men begin to rely on virtual environments to satisfy their sex life, rather than having a legal courtesan help them overcome their sexual anxieties, they will be less inclined to date real-life women and more likely to be trapped in a less-fulfilling virtual world".
However, in the foreseeable future companies will rely on hybrid environments where traditional tasks are handled by traditional applications and cloud platforms are used for more dynamical business areas.
"We do not feel comfortable that we can rely on the control environment in the U.S.A.," he said.
"The reef is home to some of the most amazing turtle species in the world, which rely on a healthy environment for their future," said Teri Shore, program director of the network.
Liming of naturally acidic areas such as wetlands should also be avoided to prevent damage to indigenous species that rely on an acidic environment.
