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Category Archives: Research News

MAINSTREET NS | April 3, 2018

Basking sharks are the second biggest fish in the sea, and “gentle giants”

Our oceans guy Boris Worm talks about new research that finds basking sharks congregate off our coast in larger numbers than anyone expected. 
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New maps show the utterly massive imprint of fishing on the world’s oceans

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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.

Read the fully story here on The Washington Post

February 22, 2018
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Researchers map massive global footprint of industrial fishing

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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.

Read the fully story here on The Globe and Mail

February 22, 2018
MAINSTREET NS | December 5, 2017

Scientists awed by video from the seafloor of the Gulf of St Lawrence

Our oceans guy Boris Worm and Alexandra Cousteau talk about the summer’s groundbreaking expedition into the depths of the Gulf. 
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MAINSTREET NS | November 21, 2017

Our oceans guy has shocking news about Atlantic torpedo rays 

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.
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MAINSTREET NS | November 7, 2017

Our oceans guy is just back from the Galápagos Islands

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. 
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MAINSTREET NS | October 17, 2017

Surf and Turf: Sonya Lee and our TD Kids Book Club talk endangered species

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!
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Unstung Heroes: Volunteers across Atlantic Canada help master’s student Bethany Nordstrom research jellyfish

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Worm Lab master’s student Bethany Nordstrom tells DalNews about the importance of understanding jellyfish in order to help endangered Leatherback sea turtles.

Read the fully story here on DalNews

August 24, 2017

PhD student Manuel Dureuil on sharks in Atlantic Canada waters

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Worm Lab PhD student Manuel Dureuil speaks with CTV Atlantic about shark perceptions, threats, and what is being done to track and protect them.

CTV Atlantic: First at Five

July 26, 2017
  • The biggest threat to the world’s biggest creatures is hunting https://t.co/f9ikKD1p0f
    6 days ago
  • We are still eating the world's largest animals out of existence. Direct exploitation for meat and body parts the m… https://t.co/QZkiyNv6zK
    6 days ago
  • Learning about the ocean in a deep way: https://t.co/EDvK3KLlqX @OceanSchoolNow @4oceanliteracy @StudentsOnIce
    31 days ago
  • How to make the next Green New Deal work! Fantastic piece on how to achieve carbon neutrality https://t.co/DTkvKp5Y6t
    38 days ago
  • Happy 2019, Pale Blue Dot. A timely reminder by Carl Sagan https://t.co/SkHhYCxHUQ via @YouTube
    42 days ago
  • Protected waters exploited by industrial fishing even more than unprotected areas, scientists find /via… https://t.co/z3jR480t2B
    60 days ago
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