Mid-Atlantic suburbs can expect an early spring thanks to the heat of the big city
March 8, 2012
Scientists used high-resolution satellite data collected over the past 25 years to look at the number days that trees have green leaves in the forests of the Mid-Atlantic. The study found that urban heat islands affected the growing season in areas within 20 miles of the city.

BAY 101 - Science of the Chesapeake Bay for Non-Scientists
March 5, 2012
Scientists from the Horn Point Laboratory share their knowledge in a seven-week series aimed to inform the public around the science of the Chesapeake Bay and its watershed.

Landmark study of leatherback turtle migration identifies Pacific danger zones for critically-endangered species
March 1, 2012
A major new study of migration patterns has identified high-use areas—potential danger zones--in the Pacific Ocean for the critically endangered leatherback turtle.

Landmark study of leatherback turtle migration identifies Pacific danger zones for critically-endangered species

February 29, 2012

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: symbol requests and development
Project Dates : March 15, 2010 - June 30, 2010

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) had designed software to facilitate
the development and visualization of conceptual ecological models, and therefore required a large and comprehensive database of environmentally orientated visual icons to include for their users. USACE then partnered with IAN to incorporate our extensive symbol library into their software, and to develop additional symbols of complex ecosystems or ecosystem elements.

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United Nations Environmental Programme: Ecosystem Based Management
Project Dates : March 17, 2011 - May 19, 2011

For this project, IAN staff collaborated with the authors of a UNEP publication, "Taking Steps toward Marine and Coastal Ecosystem-Based Management - An Introductory Guide." Our role was to produce several key conceptual diagrams for the publication: to help define the five core elements of Ecosystem-Based Management (EBM), it's geographic scope, and to illustrate how planning with an ecosystem perspective works.

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Florida DEP: workshop facilitation and newsletter
Project Dates : December 29, 2008 - May 29, 2009
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is developing a new transparency standard for marine waters that will protect the seagrass species found throughout the state. The current standard does not sufficiently protect seagrasses, and the new standard will help DEP identify waters in which transparency is too low for healthy seagrass beds. DEP and IAN convened a workshop of experts to determine what factors affect light in seagrass beds, and what transparency criteria have already been established for individual systems.
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Florida Sea Grant: South Florida Ecosystem Synthesis
Project Dates : January 01, 2010 - December 31, 2012
This book aims to synthesize research pertaining to key background and drivers of the South Florida ecosystem. Eight chapters organize the main research topics: geographic setting, oceanography, water quality, coral reef and hardbottom, seagrasses, mangroves, some important biota, and some important management actions. Chapter content is comprised of a series of fact sheets, each written by different researchers, and meant to stand alone as a single fact sheet, or together as a comprehensive book.
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SIBER Workshop
Project Dates : October 03, 2006 - October 06, 2006
The SIBER Workshop convened an international, interdisciplinary group of scientists at the National Institute of Oceanography in Goa, India to:
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Packard Foundation: Training Federal Agencies in Ecosystem-Based Management
Project Dates : October 08, 2008 - October 07, 2009
Federal agencies are uniquely positioned to address the large-scale issues facing our ecosystems. For this reason, IAN and the Packard Foundation collaborate to develop training in ecosystem-based management. Successful ecosystem-based management requires clear objectives, coordinated implementation, and effective communication of conditions and adaptations. This training provides agency staff with the tools they need to develop and initiate ecosystem-based management programs.
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