On October 7-9, 2014, staff from OR&R’s Emergency Response Division met at the NOAA Kasitsna Bay Laboratory, near Homer, Alaska, to share new science and technology for emergency response.

The agenda, with support from NOAA's National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCOSS), included field, classroom, and laboratory demonstrations, as well as discussion. Topics included ongoing research in the Arctic, response to new oil products, (Bakken oil, dilbits, synbits, heavy oils), satellites and remote sensing, new oil toxicity data, dispersants, bioremediation, and other emerging science. The team also used the opportunity to conduct refresher training on cold water survival, field sampling, and coastal geomorphology.

For more information, contact John.Tarpley@noaa.gov or Debbie.Payton@noaa.gov.

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