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

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 video version of this podcast here: https://youtu.be/yJTXCSDGDeE

Dr. Jarrod McKenna is a Reproductive Biologist, a Science Communicator and a Ted Ex Speaker! His PhD research focused on female reproductive health, but Dr. McKenna has a broad range of scientific knowledge and he loves making the difficult and inaccessible scientific concepts fun and interesting!

He’s been on the podcast before in Ep#3, “Periods, Penises and Pregnancy”, definitely check that out if you haven’t already! Recently, Jarrod has just returned from an expedition to Antarctica and he has some chilling science to share with us!

You can follow Dr. McKenna on Instagram and Twitter @its_drmac
Or check out his website: https://drjarrodmckenna.com/

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During this episode, a donation was made to Sea Shepherd.
https://www.seashepherdglobal.org/
If you'd like to make a donation as well you could be helping to save all marine life. Thank you for making a positive change in the world!

Also discussed during this episode:
World Wildlife Fund (WWF): https://www.worldwildlife.org/
Greenpeace: https://www.greenpeace.org/international/
Australian Marine Conservation Society: https://www.marineconservation.org.au/

Citizen Science:
Sea Dragon Search: https://seadragonsearch.org/
Happy Whale: https://happywhale.com/home

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Chapters:
00:00:00 Travelling Science Intro
00:02:00 Dr. Jarrod McKenna
00:05:43 Antarctica Wildlife
00:09:35 Antarctica Weather
00:14:25 How Antarctica Impacts Us
00:17:54 The Most Important Creature
00:21:30 How to Help Antarctica
00:33:19 Whale Tales
00:37:40 Penguin Pals
00:42:04 A Ted Ex Speaker
00:48:20 Weekly Charity / Listener Questions
00:55:25 The Lightning Round!
00:58:17 Final Words of Wisdom
01:00:17 Bonus Secret Ending

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