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Teen Science Cafe is a monthly event that takes place at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Science. The Teen Science Cafe teaches local teens about pressing environmental issues in our area. The March edition was presented by a marine biologist who just returned from a trip to Antarctica. He presented information about extinction and adaptations of various species throughout history. He also told specific stories about the extinction due to humans of a large species of lemurs in Madagascar, and also of the reduction of ice in the north pole which is affecting animal life as well.

This experience taught me that there when just one species goes extinct, its loss can be detrimental to an entire ecosystem. When one predator is lost, its prey will overgraze the vegetation and destroy all life in an area. This relates to environmental science because endangered species are largely due to the effects of deforestation and other activities of humans.