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 "<a href='https://transom.org/2025/making-waves/'>Making Waves: A Science Story Slam</a>," a first-of-its-kind science storytelling workshop hosted by the <a href='https://transom.org/'>Transom</a> Story Lab and <a href='https://atlantic.org/'>Atlantic Public Media</a> 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)

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 "<a href="https://transom.org/2025/making-waves/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Making Waves: A Science Story Slam</a>," a first-of-its-kind science storytelling workshop hosted by the <a href="https://transom.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Transom</a> Story Lab and <a href="https://atlantic.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Atlantic Public Media</a> in June 2025.(Original photo by Liz Lerner, Artwork by Daniel Hentz)

Making Waves: A promise to end microplastics

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From the depths of the sea and the pages of Oceanus Magazine, Oceanus brings you audible narratives of science and humanity around our blue planet. Dive in today!   Oceanus is a production of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution—the world's largest independent marine research organization. Our Ocean. Our Planet. Our Future.

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