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Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL)

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Improved ice removal patent

Dr. Emily Asenath-Smith displays an ice laminate grown on a surface using her patented invention, “Vertical draw system and method for surface...

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New cold weather facilities

Olivier Montmayeur, a research mechanical engineer at U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center Cold Regions Research and Engineering...

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National OHWM Data Sheet

The National Technical Committee for Ordinary High Watermarks (OHWM), made up of researchers from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development...

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Testing new oil cleanup method

Kate Trubac, a Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory research general engineer, oversees an in-situ burn experiment conducted with the...

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Mapping at the speed of light

A unique team of experts uses Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) to scan areas to create incredibly detailed maps of them.

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The Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory is solving challenges in all climates, particularly Earth’s coldest regions.

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At ERDC’s Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL), we’re developing innovative solutions for science and engineering challenges in extreme environments. Learn about what we do and how you can join us.

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Bonnet Carré Sturgeon Entrainment

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center

Nov. 9, 2016 | 9:37

Fisheries biologists, led by the Environmental Laboratory at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center and New Orleans District, search for federally endangered Pallid Sturgeon possibly entrained through the Bonnet Carré Spillway near New Orleans. The Bonnet Carré Spillway is the one of the largest freshwater diversions in the world capable of passing 250,000 cfs from the Mississippi River into Lake Pontchartrain. Biologists have rescued Pallid Sturgeon after previous openings in the spring of 2008 and 2011. However, no sturgeon were found downstream of the structure after the recent January 2016 opening likely due to fish occurring in deeper waters away from the structure during colder water temperatures. (Produced by Bruce Reid, Lower Mississippi River Conservation Committee and the Mississippi River Trust)