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.
Every second Tuesday @ 5:15 PM, Boris hosts a column on all ocean matters on CBC Radio 1 ‘Mainstreet’ with Bob Murphy.
Past Episodes
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!
MAINSTREET NS | August 22, 2017
Our oceans guy Boris Worm is back from an Arctic expedition, and tells guest host Allison Devereaux about a historic milestone for nature conservation; Canada’s newest protected area spanning more than 100,000 square kilometres around Lancaster Sound.
MAINSTREET NS | August 8, 2017
Our oceans guy Boris Worm is part of the Canada C3 expedition, an epic 150-day sea voyage around our three coastlines. He joins us from the waters of Nunavut to describe the saga so far.
MAINSTREET NS | July 25, 2017
Our Surf and Turf columnist Boris Worm introduces us to the newly named Hoodwinker sunfish, a cousin of the giant ocean sunfish, one of the strangest creatures found in Nova Scotia waters — sometimes described as a 3-meter pancake with wings!
MAINSTREET NS | July 4, 2017
Our oceans guy Boris Worm will be part of the C3 expedition later this summer. He tells Bob Murphy what he learned when the vessel stopped in Halifax. Follow the journey at CanadaC3.ca
MAINSTREET NS | May 16, 2017
Our oceans guy Boris Worm drops says scientists are trying to define a “safe operating space for humanity” to make sure we don’t cause “irreversible and abrupt environmental change.
MAINSTREET NS | March 28, 2017
Mainstreet’s Oceans Guy Boris Worm drops by with one of his grad students – Beth Nordstrom – to talk about signs of spring in the oceans.
MAINSTREET NS | March 16, 2017
Boris Worm drops in on his way home from Lunenburg, where a vessel is being prepared for a voyage around Canada’s four – that’s right, four – coasts.