MAINSTREET NS | Nov 5, 2018 A former astronaut and a marine ecologist debate: Is the next frontier space or the ocean? Former NASA astronaut and Dalhousie University alumnus Kathryn Sullivan (the first American woman to walk in space) and Dal Killam Research Professor Boris Worm give us a taste of a debate they participated in…
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MAINSTREET NS | Oct 30, 2018 Zombie salmon: a fish missing half its head and part of its brain swims upriver anyway Our Oceans Guy, Boris Worm, tells Mainstreet host Bob Murphy what he learned about Pacific salmon on a trip to British Columbia, and why wild Atlantic salmon populations are in much worse shape. LISTEN
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MAINSTREET NS | Oct 16, 2018 Our oceans guy reports on an oceans conference where everyone was talking about climate change Boris Worm drops by from Dalhousie University to talk with Bob. LISTEN
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MAINSTREET NS | Sept 19, 2018 Education toolkit offers free teaching materials about plastics in the ocean Our oceans guy Boris Worm and Laurenne Schiller from Ocean Wise tell Bob Murphy about new, free materials for teachers who want to engage their kids in the world's oceans, and some of the problems they face. Find the…
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MAINSTREET NS | Aug 23, 2018 Our Oceans Guy talks about a rare shark caught off Nova Scotia this summer Our Oceans Guy Boris Worm confirms the identity of a rare shark caught off Nova Scotia in August. LISTEN
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MAINSTREET NS | Aug 23, 2018 Our Oceans Guy talks about a rare shark caught off Nova Scotia this summer Our Oceans Guy Boris Worm confirms the identity of a rare shark caught off Nova Scotia in August. LISTEN
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MAINSTREET NS | July 11, 2018 Researchers say lobster catch figures off Port Mouton show negative impact of salmon farm Our oceans guy Boris Worm tells us about a study of lobster catch data from an area off the south shore of Nova Scotia where a fish farm twice went in and out of operation. Then…
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MAINSTREET NS | May 10, 2018 Premier McNeil asks where's the evidence on MPAs -- our Oceans Guy says there's plenty of it Boris Worm drops by from Dalhousie University to tell Mainstreet host Bob Murphy about some of the research that's been done on the value of marine protected areas, or MPAs. LISTEN
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MAINSTREET NS | April 26, 2018 Premier McNeil asks where's the evidence on MPAs -- our Oceans Guy says there's plenty of it Boris Worm drops by from Dalhousie University to tell Mainstreet host Bob Murphy about some of the research that's been done on the value of marine protected areas, or MPAs. LISTEN
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MAINSTREET NS | April 26, 2018 Scientists are trying to put dollar values on some of the things a healthy ocean provides We've heard concerns that new Marine Protected Areas could cut into industry profits in some areas around Nova Scotia. Our oceans guy Boris Worm tells Bob Murphy about attempts to quantify the value of…
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