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Information for students and teachers interested in ocean and coastal issues.
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NOAA's Emergency Response Program NOAA's cross-cutting program to build and sustain the agency's ability to respond effectively to emergencies.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about Oil and Chemical Spills
Assessing Risk to Ecological Resources Assessing hazardous waste sites that threaten NOAA's trust resources.
Creating New Habitat As Part of Hazardous Waste Cleanup at Asarco
Inspiring Students and Teachers Information and activities for students and teachers who'd like to learn more about oil spills or hazardous chemical accidents.
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Oil Trajectory Prediction
Making Mousse
Mearns Rock Time Series
Graphing Changes in Marine Life Abundance
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Restoration Planning Tools Describing NOAA's responsibilities, defining restoration terms, assessing injuries to natural resources and approaches to restoration.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about Oil and Chemical Spills
Responding to Oil Spills Information to support effective and safe responses to oil spills in the coastal environment.
Oil Trajectory Prediction
Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
Emergency Response - Guided Tours
Hindsight and Foresight: 20 Years After the Exxon Valdez Spill
What's the Story on Oil Spills?
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Protecting Coastal Resources Evaluating pollutants in the coastal environment and determining remediation measures to protect coastal resources from further harm caused by those pollutants.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about Oil and Chemical Spills
Responding to Chemical Spills Information to support effective and safe responses to chemical spills in the coastal environment.
Emergency Response - Guided Tours
Chemical Spills: A Guided Tour
Integrating Remediation and Restoration Merging remediation and restoration planning to promote timely, effective, and efficient protection and restoration of degraded coastal resources.
Creating New Habitat As Part of Hazardous Waste Cleanup at Asarco
Restoration Projects Summarizes restoration projects conducted by NOAA and our partners in order to recover natural resources.
Creating New Habitat As Part of Hazardous Waste Cleanup at Asarco
Fish Habitat Restoration at Strandley-Manning Superfund Site
Planning for Environmental Emergencies Information to help contingency planners protect regions against oil and chemical spills.
Emergency Response - Guided Tours
Chemical Spills: A Guided Tour
Dispersants: A Guided Tour
Oil Spills: A Guided Tour
OR&R Drift Card Studies
ERMA, Watershed Database, and Mapping Projects NOAA's Assessment and Restoration Division has developed numerous Watershed Database and Mapping Projects. Because each project is unique, with its own characteristics, their components vary. But each builds upon a standard database structure and a data delivery application (Query Manager). Most include GIS data as well.
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Assessing Environmental Harm Evaluating oil and chemical behavior and assessing effects and damage from spills.
Summary Points: 10 Years of Intertidal Monitoring After the Exxon Valdez Spill
Prince William Sound: Our Changing Perspective on Recovery
Residual Oil
A Lament
Parallelism in Fucus Cover
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Recent and Historical Incidents Responses to oil and chemical spills.
Response to the Exxon Valdez Spill
Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
Hindsight and Foresight: 20 Years After the Exxon Valdez Spill

Featured Web Portals for Students and Teachers Pages on our site that provide information about and access to Web sites of closely-related agencies and programs.
Smithsonian Ocean Portal
The Smithsonian Ocean Portal is a Web site bursting with dynamic, multimedia content designed to engage young adults, ocean enthusiasts and middle school teachers and their students.
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News, photos, and other information about current and historical spill incidents.
NOAA Restoration Portal Web Site
Provides centralized access to information about NOAA restoration resources, including restoration techniques and NOAA restoration references, through a single point-of-entry.
San Francisco Bay Watershed Database and Mapping Project Web Portal
The project is designed as a decision support tool for coastal managers within the San Francisco Bay region.
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