Oceanus

Oceanographer Ray Schmitt and his sons take top prize in a rainfall forecasting competition. Now they run a company, Salient Predictions, which helps agricultural companies stay ahead of our changing climate. The secret to their weather prediction success? Ocean salinity!
Schmitt 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)

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)