Boris Worm

Boris Worm
Dr. Boris Worm is a Marine Research Ecologist and Associate Professor at Dalhousie University, Canada. He has made scientific contributions to the fields of marine ecology and fisheries conservation. Worm was a postdoctoral fellow under the late Ransom Myers and now leads his own lab at Dalhousie. The Worm Lab includes students and postdoctoral fellows engaged in the study of marine biodiversity, its causes, consequences of change, and conservation...
areas global protect
These areas are really of global significance. It's really important to protect them now, because 20 years from now they may not be there.
captured disaster imagine people rain silent
It's been a slow-motion disaster. It's silent and invisible. People don't imagine this. It hasn't captured our imagination, like the rain forest.
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In order to do this you really need a historical base line to know what you are working towards.
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We found five large hotspots that are still remaining today, and two of those are in US waters.