Incident Responses for March 2024 ryan.v.smith Thu, 05/02/2024 - 11:08
Responder sets up a box of monitoring equipment on a dock in the foreground. Large black smoke plume observed in the background of a marshland landscape.

This March, the Office of Response and Restoration provided scientific support for 26 marine pollution and coastal emergencies—including twelve actual or potential oil spills, two chemical incidents, and five other incidents, including two involving dead whales.

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Incident Responses for February 2024 ryan.v.smith Mon, 03/25/2024 - 11:47
Raw cotton from lost shipping containers coats portions of the central California coastline.

Last month, OR&R provided scientific support for 26 marine pollution incidents—including 15 new incidents that included an abandoned mystery drum in Puerto Rico and an international incident in the Red Sea. In our latest blog, view the full list of our response efforts in February.

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Marine Debris

Unveiling An ERMA Update: New Tools, Improved Layout, and More

Posted Tue, 02/20/2024 - 11:16
By Jay Coady, Office of Response and Restoration
Screen capture of the ERMA dashboard's map filtering feature, which shows map data applied in three different filters: National ESI Marsh Shoreline, ESI Atlas Index of New York/Long Island area, and oil spill cases in DARRP locations.

This month, NOAA’s Office of Response and Restoration released a new version of the Environmental Response Management Application (ERMA®). The latest release of the web-based mapping application used by environmental responders and natural resource decision-makers includes a host of new features, tools, and optimizations, as well as improved mobile device responsiveness.

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Enhancing NOAA Tools for Spill Risk Analysis ryan.v.smith Wed, 02/07/2024 - 08:59
Screen capture: WebTAP showing the "Impact Analysis" mode for a spill from a drilling platform in the Arctic Ocean. Darker colors represent higher probabilities that oil from the selected source will impact a region.

OR&R created the Trajactory Analysis Planner, or TAP, to help answer the question: Where will spilled oil likely go? Recent enhancements make the NOAA software tool more flexible and easier for planners and responders to use when preparing for and minimizing harm caused by oil spills.

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Contributions to Coastal Resilience: A Look Back on the Year in Emergency Response

Posted Wed, 01/31/2024 - 10:19
By Doug Helton, Regional Operations Supervisor, Emergency Response Division
A derailed train in Reed Point, MT with rail cars carrying molten sulfur and molten asphalt sent into the Yellowstone River.

Last year, we provided scientific support for 162 new incidents — including 132 oil spills, 13 chemical spills, and 17 other incidents—such as severe storms, marine debris, and whale carcass drift requests. In our latest blog, we're taking a look back at our 2023 response efforts

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