Environmental Factors:    Page 1 | Page 2 Osmosis & Currents: - Adjacent areas slowly affect each other; A hot spot can cause nearby areas to warm up, or pollution can spread to neighboring sectors. Strong currents can move large amounts of food or fresh water to remote parts of the map, making previously inhabitable places attractive. Travel & Adaptation: - When a colony is traveling, the adaptation level of the colony starts falling. The higher the change in environmental qualities, the faster adaptation level falls, making travel between warm to cold, or fresh to salt water highly risky. - The adaptation level of a cell has a direct effect on its regenerative functions; traveling cells regenerate slowly, and cells may wither and die if the new enviroment is very different from their previous home.