Coastal Response Research Center (CRRC)
The Coastal Response Research Center (CRRC) was established as a partnership between the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), through the Office of Response and Restoration (OR&R), and the University of New Hampshire (UNH) in 2004.
The CRRC partnership stimulates innovation in spill preparedness, response, assessment, and implementation of optimum spill recovery strategies. The primary purpose of the Center is to bring together the resources of a research-oriented university and the field expertise of OR&R to conduct and oversee basic and applied research, conduct outreach, and encourage strategic partnerships in spill response, assessment and restoration. Learn More
News
- Plastic Pollution Washes Ashore as UK Continues Planning Vessel SalvageThe Maritime Executive, March 16, 2025
- Russia Shipped Record 22 Million Tonnes of LNG Through Arctic in 2024gCaptain, February 28, 2025
- Scientists troubled after analyzing waters of catastrophic off-shore oil spill decade later: 'There has been this massive quieting'TCD, February 21, 2025
- Tar balls are washing ashore on Florida beachesMichigan Live, February 17, 2025
- Empty Nets: Big Changes in a Great American Fishery (video)Wilson Center, February 14, 2025
- Engineers design new autonomous system to monitor Arctic's melting icePhhysOrg, February 10, 2025
- While plastic dominates human consumption, the global economy will remain hooked on fossil fuelsPhys.Org, February 3, 2025
- U.S. Coast Guard Great Lakes Oil Spill Center of Expertise FY25 project fundingUSCG, January 30, 2025
- Meet Poppy, an oil spill-sniffing dog and a scientific trailblazerThe Canadian Press, January 24, 2025
- Contributions to Coastal Resilience: A Look Back on the Year in Emergency Response NOAA OR&R, January 17, 2025
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ITOPF: 10,000 tonnes of oil lost due to spills in 2024 ITOPF Safety 4 Sea, January 17, 2025
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Science for Solutions: Strengthening Oil Spill Assessment and Response through New Research, Technology, and Partnerships NOAA OR&R, January 13, 2025
- Dog more effective than machines in finding devastating oil spillsThe Times, February 5, 2025
- Russia reasserts ‘blood right interest’ over unclaimed underwater Arctic ridgeNunatsiaq News, January 2, 2025
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Workshop Reports
- CAPRI/ERMA Nome (AK) Workshop Report - Coastal Response Research Center (released January 2025)
- Marine Oil Snow Settling Rates in Cold Water Environments - Quinn R. Wilkins, M.S. Thesis (released January 2025)
- NOAA OR&R Remote Sensing/UAS Workshop Report - Coastal Response Research Center (released January 2025)
- International Oil Spill Modeling Workshop Report - CRRC, GLCOE, NOAA (released January 2025)
- Technical Report: Technical Support for Developing and Field Testing In Situ Bioassays in the Surface Mixing Layer of Marine Waters at Oil Spill - University of Michigan, Coastal Monitoring Associates, NOAA OR&R, Water Mapping, LLC. (released December 2024). This research project was funded by NOAA Office of Response & Restoration in cooperation with CRRC.
- Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) Feasibility Study of All-Hazards Indices Expansion - Research Planning, inc. (released Sept 2024). This research project was funded by NOAA Office of Response & Restoration in cooperation with CRRC.
- 5th Annual NOAA Hurricane Preparedness Summit Report (released June 2024)
- NOAA Nurdles/Pre-Production Plastic Pellet Spills in Coastal and Marine Environments - a workshop report (released July 2024)
- North Atlantic Arctic Crisis Workshop Report, Ted Stevens Center for Arctic Security Studies, Coastal Response Research Center, University of New Hampshire's Department of Security Studies and the New England Arctic Network (released July 1, 2024)
- Critical shear stress of sunken, No. 6 heavy fuel oil in fresh water, Gloekler, Kinner, et al (Marine Pollution Bulletin 203 (2024) 116430
- GLCOE Science on Disasters Project (MPOG Field Deployment Report), Lisa DiPinto, NOAA and Nancy Kinner, CRRC (January 2024)
- Advancing Detection Capabilities for Monitoring Oil Spills in Great Lakes Ice Environments, CRRC, NOAA OR&R, WaterMapping, LLC (released January 2024)
- Operationalizing the Use of Uncrewed Systems for Environmental Response, NOAA ORR, USCG GLCOE, WaterMapping LLC (released January 2024)
- Maritime Environmental Response Oil Mission Guidelines, WaterMapping LLC, NOAA OR&R, USCG (2023)
- Proceedings of the Great Lakes Harmful Algal Bloom Communication Preparedness Workshop (released December 2023)
- Advancing Detection Capabilities for Monitoring Oil Spills in Ice Environments: Technical Report by USCG RDC, NOAA, CRRC, WaterMapping, LLC (September 2023)
- Shoreline Oil Spill Response Knowledge Gaps and Technological Development Opportunities: A Workshop Report (released September 2023)
- NOAA Hurricane Preparedness Summit (4th Annual) 2023 Report (released August 2023)
- Mesoscale Experimental Protocol for Oil Movement Under Sea Ice (2023) thesis by Jessica Manning
- Comparing Recent Advances in Estimating and Measuring Oil Slick Thickness: MPRI Technical Report (released January 2023)
- Sunken Oil Transport Tool (SOTT) (released December 2022)
- Greater Houston Area Bottlenose Dolphin Data Gaps - A Workshop Report (released November 2022)
- 2022 NOAA Hurricane Preparedness Summit - final report (released August 2022)
- UAS Characterization of Oil in Ice Volume 1: Laboratory Results
(CRREL/RDC/WaterMapping) (February 2022) - UAS Characterization of Oil in Ice Volume 2: Supplemental Laboratory Data (CRREL/RDC/WaterMapping) (February 2022)
- Estimating the Loss Reduction Effects of Disaster Preparedness: An Empirical Study of U.S. Coastal States (released March 2022)
- NRDA West Coast Emerging Oils Report (released January 2022)
- 2022-2027 Oil Pollution Research and Technology Plan (released January 2022)
- AMSM Oil Spill Modeling for Improved Response to Arctic Maritime Spills: the Path Forward. A final knowledge product for Arctic Domain Awareness Center (ADAC), August 2021
- NOAA Hurricane Preparedness Summit 2021 Report (released August 2021)
- Proceedings of the Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) Preparedness & Response Virtual Workshop and Tabletop Exercise (released August 2021)
