Teen+Cafe;+Antarctica+(asneed)

On March 2nd, I visited the Daily Planet Cafe where I participated in activities such as bingo and listening to speaker Alex Dornburg teach us about his time in Antartica. Through his speech, he went beyond the stereotypical thoughts of Antartica such as Penguins. He also covered a vast variety of animals such as lionfish and other sea creatures. One fact that stood out the most is that lionfish are beginning to invade US waters and the speaker even viewed one himself. Learning about global warming and its effects on Antartica is important because rising temperatures cause ice shelves to break up, destroys the homes of the various creatures living there, etc. This relates to our weather and climate unit earlier in the school year.