Oceanus

For research engineer Beckett Colson, finding a solution to microplastics is a project 11 years in the making.
He tells his story live in Woods Hole for "Making Waves: A Science Story Slam," a first-of-its-kind science storytelling workshop hosted by the Transom Story Lab and Atlantic Public Media in June 2025.
(Original photo by Liz Lerner, Artwork by Daniel Hentz)

Amy Bower shares how she navigates blindness as a physical oceanographer.
She tells her story live in Woods Hole for "Making Waves: A Science Story Slam," a first-of-its-kind science storytelling workshop hosted by the Transom Story Lab and Atlantic Public Media in June 2025.
(Original photo by Liz Lerner, Artwork by Daniel Hentz)

WHOI Senior Scientist and marine chemist Julie Huber muses on her first love: an underwater volcano.
She tells her story in front of a live audience in Woods Hole for "Making Waves: A Science Story Slam," the culmination of a first-of-its-kind science storytelling workshop hosted by the Transom Story Lab and Atlantic Public Media in June 2025.
(Original photo by Liz Lerner, Artwork by Daniel Hentz)

Senior biologist and WHOI Emeritus Research Scholar Michael Moore explains why there's still hope for critically endangered North Atlantic right whales.
He tells his story in front of a live audience in Woods Hole for "Making Waves: A Science Story Slam," the culmination of a first-of-its-kind science storytelling workshop hosted by the Transom Story Lab and Atlantic Public Media in June 2025.
(Original photo by Liz Lerner, Artwork by Daniel Hentz)

The ocean is brimming with sounds, from the crackle of snapping shrimp to the deep bellows of humpback whales.
Amelia Macapia, a WHOI guest investigator and a contributor for Oceanus Magazine, explains how studying acoustic ecology led her to fall into a deep love with the sea.
She tells her story in front of a live audience in Woods Hole for "Making Waves: A Science Story Slam," the culmination of a first-of-its-kind science storytelling workshop hosted by the Transom Story Lab and Atlantic Public Media in June 2025.
(Original photo by Liz Lerner, Artwork by Daniel Hentz)