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MAINSTREET NS | Jan 2, 2023

Some Good Ocean News From 2022

2022 had its fair share of bad news, but there was also some really good news that was was overshadowed, according to our oceans guy Boris Worm. He studies the oceans at Dalhousie University and dropped into Studio A to start off our new year on an optimistic note.
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MAINSTREET NS | Jul 26, 2022

What a ‘fin whale feeding frenzy’ can tell us about the health of our oceans

A scientific paper out last week describes the first sightings of huge aggregations of fin whales around Elephant Island in Antarctica. Our oceans guy Boris Worm looked into these findings and what they might mean for the health of our oceans.
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MAINSTREET NS | Feb 2, 2022

Remembering biology professor Jeff Hutchings, an advocate for science

People are remembering Dalhousie biology professor Jeff Hutchings as a principled advocate for science and as someone who was committed to sharing accessible scientific information to the public. He died on the weekend at age 63.
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MAINSTREET NS | Jan 19, 2022

A vast icefish breeding colony has been discovered off Antarctica

Mainstreet’s oceans guy Boris Worm tells host Jeff Douglas about the discovery of 60-million icefish whose nests are occupying 240-square-kilometers of the ocean floor off Antarctica. And this is weird— they have clear blood.
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MAINSTREET NS | Nov 17, 2021

How leaving nature alone to regenerate is helping to reduce our impact on the climate

There’s a lot of talk right now about the effects of climate change and the challenges involved in mitigation, but new research from the Global Carbon Project comes to some surprising conclusions about the world’s greenhouse gas emissions. Mainstreet’s oceans guy Boris Worm spoke with host Jeff Douglas about the new findings.
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MAINSTREET NS | Oct 17, 2019

IPCC readings by Sarah McLachlan, Joel Plaskett, Barbara Hannigan, Shaun Majumder…

We call on these familiar voices to help us make climate change science more accessible… Jonathan Torrens, Jenn Grant, Old Man Luedecke, Gabrielle Papillon, Emma Stevens, Meaghan Smith, Rebecca Thomas, Stephanie Domet, Costas Halavrezos, and Keyonah Marshall. And our oceans guy Boris Worm joins host Jeff Douglas in our studio in Halifax to answer questions.
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MAINSTREET NS | July 31, 2019

In a summer of nostalgia, we ask how our relationship with the oceans has changed in 50 years

Our oceans guy, Boris Worm, turns 50 today. He talks with guest host Preston Mulligan about how our relationship with the oceans has changed during his half century on Earth.
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MAINSTREET NS | June 11, 2019

By 2100, North Atlantic Ocean could lose 12% to 31% of its animal life, or biomass

Our oceans guy Boris Worm tells us about a new study that tries to quantify the expected impact of climate change on marine animals. He tells host Jeff Douglas, the impact will vary depending on how much we do to do reduce our greenhouse gas emissions.
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MAINSTREET NS | April 9, 2019

Why herring is important on both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts

Boris Worm drops by from Dalhousie University to tell guest host Allison Devereaux about a trip to British Columbia where he was investigating the unique herring spawn on kelp fishery.
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MAINSTREET NS | Feb 12, 2019

Human hunting remains a key factor pushing many of the world’s large animals toward extinction

Boris Worm drops by from Dalhousie University to tell guest host Carolyn Ray about a study he contributed to, examining megafauna ranging from blue whales to giant salamanders.
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