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.
MAINSTREET NS | March 21, 2018
Canadian researchers have been studying a diamond that formed far below the Earth’s crust and contains a sample of ice that sheds light on the water that’s hidden deep inside our planet. Boris Worm studies the oceans at Dalhousie University, and he dropped by the Mainstreet studio in Halifax to tell Bob Murphy about this.
Fischer beanspruchen mehr als die Hälfte der weltweiten Ozeanfläche
Etwa 90 Millionen Tonnen Fisch zogen Fischer im Jahr 2015 aus den Weltmeeren. Doch welche Schiffe sich wie lange wo befanden – und ob sie sich nur dort aufhielten, wo sie das auch durften -, war lange Zeit nicht nachzuvollziehen.
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 | February 13, 2018
Dalhousie University scientist Boris Worm describes how some of the noises humans make under water kill marine life, and he plays some of the sounds for Bob Murphy on Mainstreet in Halifax.
MAINSTREET NS | January 23, 2018
From whale calls to ice cracking, our oceans guy Boris Worm plays underwater recordings and talks about what researchers are learning from them. Did you know herring fart?
MAINSTREET NS | January 11, 2018
How does a weather bomb turn the Atlantic ocean green? Tune in to hear the Oceans Guy explain why.
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.