Logan's+Teen+Science+Cafe

On March 2nd, I went to the Teen Science Cafe and I learned about Antarctica and its organisms. The discussion was led by Alex Rothburg, an ichthyologist. He talked about his recent studies done on fish and how they are affected by their ecosystems. We also talked about evolutionary biology and how it plays a role int he extinction and death of many species. We played a game of extinction bingo and he explained the death-producing factors through this. Mr. Rothberg concluded that evolution and extinction go hand-in-hand. In order to understand life better, we need to understand death. He showed a great fascination with death but more why things die and how to prevent it. This is related to APES because we have learned how factors such as pollution and global warming affect their population.This also is related to energy pyramids, If one level in the pyramid is affected, all the other levels will also be affected in some way.