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What happens when you bring differing cultures together to learn about one another? Sometimes, these interactions can be awkward. Eastern Michigan University put some of its students in a class with Afghani refugees and, over the bonds of cooking and food, learned some valuable lessons.
E-Mail IMAGE: The advection fog often fills the valley floor in the spring, being one of the factors affecting the micro-climate encountered by the insects. view more Credit: Tuomas Kankaanpaa Climate and changes in it have direct impacts on species of plant and animals - but climate may also shape more complex biological systems like food webs. Now a research group from the University of Helsinki has investigated how micro-climate shapes each level of the ecosystem, from species' abundances in predator communities to parasitism rates in key herbivores, and ultimately to damage su...