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Emily Callahan – National Geographic Society Newsroom

Website: http://www.rig2reefexploration.org
Profile: Emily is an oceanographer, explorer and marine environmental scientist. In 2011 she worked in the Gulf of Mexico on the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Her work in the Gulf analyzing the oil spill, and the development of the oil and gas industry sparked her research interest in the Rigs-to-Reefs program. Emily has a masters in marine biodiversity and conservation from Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and is currently a marine scientist for an environmental consulting group and managing partner and explorer at Rig2Reef Exploration

Posts

Mobula Munkiana – The Secret of El Barril, July 5, 2016 in Changing Planet
Removing Oil Rigs from the North Sea – is Europe up for the Challenge?, August 10, 2015 in Changing Planet
Our Plastic Ocean, March 13, 2015 in Changing Planet
Harvesting the Unlikely Fruits of Oil and Gas, January 14, 2015 in Changing Planet
Artificial Reefing- The Blue Solution to America’s Aging Infrastructure?, November 6, 2014 in Changing Planet

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