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Contact Us Boris Worm Ocean Frontiers Institute | Dalhousie University 1355 Oxford Street, Rm. 3-56 Halifax, NS, Canada B3H 4R2 ph: (902) 494-8823 email: bworm@dal.ca Lab Location Details

Spatiotemporal analysis of the Winter Skate’s (Leucoraja ocellata) abundance, distribution, and co-occurrence with commercial fish stocks in Canada’s Northwest Atlantic

Investigating predator-prey dynamics of leatherback sea turtles and jellyfish in Atlantic Canadian waters The Winter Skate (Leucoraja ocellata) is listed as endangered in the Gulf of St. Lawrence with a declining population trend. Its main threats include natural predation and bycatch. My honours thesis will use DFO RV survey data from 1970-2017 and novel statistical models… Details

Assessing Changing Baleen Whale Distributions Relative to Human Pressure

Assessing Changing Baleen Whale Distributions Relative to Human Pressure The Northwest Atlantic Ocean (NWA) is home to six baleen whale species, that are becoming threatened by increasing human pressures. Baleen whales are commonly injured by collisions with vessels. Furthermore, their food supply and habitat quality is threatened by environmental changes caused by climate change, but… Details

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Whats Going On? Whales, Ships, and the Northwest AtlanticWorm Lab student Hannah Solway is featured in Eco Magazine’s, Marine Mammals Special Issue! Read her article and listen to her accompanying recorded podcast here! Whats Going On? Whales, Ships, and the Northwest AtlanticWorm Lab student Hannah Solway is featured in Eco Magazine’s, Marine Mammals Special Issue! Read her article and listen to… Details
MAINSTREET NS | Nov 17, 2021

How leaving nature alone to regenerate is helping to reduce our impact on the climate

There’s a lot of talk right now about the effects of climate change and the challenges involved in mitigation, but new research from the Global Carbon Project comes to some surprising conclusions about the world’s greenhouse gas emissions. Mainstreet’s oceans guy Boris Worm spoke with host Jeff Douglas about the new findings.
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