Mapping Tool Used for Gulf Spill Response Expanded to Arctic

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By Cordova Times | 04 August 2012 | 162

A federal interactive online mapping tool used by emergency responders for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has been expanded to include the Arctic, to deal with increasing ship traffic and proposed energy development. Use of the Environmental Response Management Application, or ERMA, was announced by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the Interior Department’s Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement on July 31. ERMA will bring together all of the available information needed for an effective emergency response in the Arctic, NOAA officials said. Read More