MAINSTREET NS | April 3, 2018
Our oceans guy Boris Worm talks about new research that finds basking sharks congregate off our coast in larger numbers than anyone expected.
New maps show the utterly massive imprint of fishing on the world’s oceans
Humans are now fishing at least 55 percent of the world’s oceans — an area four times larger than the area occupied by humanity’s onshore agriculture.
Researchers map massive global footprint of industrial fishing
With the help of big data and technology originally designed to prevent ships from colliding, a team of researchers has stitched together the most detailed map yet of fisheries around the globe, which sheds light on just how intensive industrial fishing has become.
MAINSTREET NS | December 5, 2017
Our oceans guy Boris Worm and Alexandra Cousteau talk about the summer’s groundbreaking expedition into the depths of the Gulf.
MAINSTREET NS | November 21, 2017
Boris Worm tells Bob about the latest research on these creatures by the Ocean Tracking Network at Dalhousie University, and his own recent close encounter.
MAINSTREET NS | November 7, 2017
Our oceans guy is just back from the Galápagos Islands! Boris Worm tells guest host Preston Mulligan what he saw there, and what he learned.
MAINSTREET NS | October 17, 2017
With Boris Worm out of town, what better excuse to bring back Ocean School’s Sonya Lee for a North Atlantic right whale-of-a-tale visit with our sixth grade readers at Duc d’Anville school in Clayton Park!
Unstung Heroes: Volunteers across Atlantic Canada help master’s student Bethany Nordstrom research jellyfish
Worm Lab master’s student Bethany Nordstrom tells DalNews about the importance of understanding jellyfish in order to help endangered Leatherback sea turtles.
PhD student Manuel Dureuil on sharks in Atlantic Canada waters
Worm Lab PhD student Manuel Dureuil speaks with CTV Atlantic about shark perceptions, threats, and what is being done to track and protect them.