Amazing Antarctica, Whale Tales and Penguin Problems with Dr. Jarrod McKenna

About this episode

Dr. Jarrod McKenna discusses the environmental challenges facing Antarctica and their broader implications.

Antarctica is suffering. Temperatures are heating up, the ice is melting, penguins are getting sick, whale numbers are dropping, krill are being overfished…and it impacts us more than we might realise. In this weeks episode of Travelling Science, Dr. Jarrod McKenna shares the good, the bad and the ugly of Antarctica. We discuss the importance of krill, ice albedo, whale babies, avian flu, ocean currents, sea ice, overfishing, climate change and what you can do to help Antarctica! Watch the vi...

People in this episode

Host: Jesse Crowe

Guest: Dr. Jarrod McKenna

Topics covered

• climate change
• Antarctica
• whales
• penguins
• overfishing
• krill
• ocean currents

Keywords

• Antarctica
• climate change
• whales
• penguins
• krill
• overfishing
• avian flu
• ocean currents

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Travelling Science

Places: Antarctica

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