How To Protect The Ocean

S1E1917 - What Happens in Antarctica Affects You More Than You Think

Published: April 17, 2026

Duration: 1:01:05

Antarctica may feel distant, frozen, and disconnected from everyday life, but what happens there can shape sea level rise, ocean circulation, climate systems, and the future health of marine ecosystems around the world. In this episode of How to Protect the Ocean, part of the Surfacing Secrets: Explore the Ocean, Know the Planet series with Ocean Networks Canada, we go behind the scenes of an international mission to install real-time ocean monitoring systems in one of the hardest places on Earth to study.

Joining me are Juanjo Canales, a marine scientist from Spain with decades of experience i...