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.
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 | 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.
MAINSTREET NS | January 31st, 2017
Our Oceans Guy Boris Worm talks about the science behind the estimate, and how much we can improve our prospects by taking decisive action on climate change now.
MAINSTREET NS | January 3rd, 2017
Boris Worm tells Bob Murphy what he makes of the thousands of dead herring, crab, starfish, and even a humpback whale that have washed up dead on beaches in southwest Nova Scotia.
MAINSTREET NS | November 15th, 2016
The Oceans guy tells host Bob Murphy what he thought of the summer’s biggest blockbuster, and the way it portrays life in the oceans.
MAINSTREET NS | November 29th, 2016
For this episode of Surf And Turf, guest host Preston Mulligan speaks with Mainstreet’s Oceans Guy Boris Worm, and another scientist who did field work in Greenland.