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Episodes (21)

  • Jun 12, 2026 — Find out how scientists use sediments from the seafloor to study hurricanes from hundreds, sometimes thousands of years ago. Written and reported by Oceanus editor Evan Lubofsky. Produced by Daniel Hentz and recorded at CAI in Falmouth, Massachusetts....

    The ocean's hidden storm archive
  • May 16, 2026 — During a 1967 dive off Florida, a startled swordfish rammed the famed submersible Alvin—lodging its sword in the hull and forcing the crew to abort the mission. Written by Evan Lubofsky. Narrated by Daniel Hentz Read along at...

    Alvin v. the swordfish
  • Apr 08, 2026 — WHOI Postdoctoral Scholar and geoscientist Jonas Preine learned the true meaning of science while testing his thesis on deep-sea volcanoes near Santorini, Greece. Preine tells his story live in Woods Hole for "Making Waves: A Science Story Slam," a...

    Making Waves: A humbling (and a rumbling) on the seafloor
  • Mar 26, 2026 — 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...

    Making Waves: Salty seas with a chance of rain
  • Mar 11, 2026 — 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...

    Making Waves: A promise to end microplastics
  • Feb 18, 2026 — 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...

    Making Waves: Losing sight, but not vision
  • Feb 05, 2026 — 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...

    Making Waves: An ode to the deep sea
  • Jan 22, 2026 — 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...

    Making Waves: A fighting chance for North Atlantic right whales
  • Jan 08, 2026 — 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...

    Making Waves: Tuning our ears to the ocean
  • Nov 12, 2025 — A WHOI marine chemist studies how mercury pollution in Colombia’s Amazon threatens the Indigenous way of life. Story written and narrated by Rachel Mann. Read the full story at https://go.whoi.edu/toxicgoldmining

    Gold mining's toxic legacy
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