IBSS partners with government, industry, academia, and communities to protect natural resources and help improve the well-being of our planet and its inhabitants. We combine exceptional resource management and scientific literacy with IT, data analytics, and system development capabilities to help our clients address challenges. We implement actionable strategies for the use of new tools and technologies to solve current and future challenges in a rapidly changing world. Whatever the mission, IBSS is there to be an authentic partner to NOAA in any capacity.

• For 20 active projects, our scientists study key species and habitat factors across the U.S. We have researched ocean acidification on the west coast, aquaculture opportunity areas in the south, shark and ray mortality in the pacific, and fish aging and fecundity in the northeast.

Environmental Intelligence & Ecological Forecasting

Living marine resource (LMR) management in the U.S. faces unprecedented and evolving challenges including demands for resource use, climate change, extreme weather, economic pressures, and limited resources to meet data collection, research, computational, and analysis needs. IBSS helps our clients predict ecological impacts and integrate marine science, environmental policy and law, and conservation into actions that protect lives, property, economies, and ecosystem services.

• Ocean Climate Adaptation Strategies
• Ecological Forecasting and Advanced Modeling
• Ecological System Prediction and Environmental Security
• Climate Vulnerability Assessments
• Environmental Justice and Equity
• Integrated Observation Systems

Response, Recovery, & Resilience

Large-scale social-ecological disturbances and disasters are increasingly common phenomena and require rapid, effective emergency response and recovery efforts to save and protect lives and property. Thoughtful stewardship of marine resources, habitats, and ecosystems are critical to building resilient communities and robust economies that can withstand natural and man-made stressors. IBSS delivers critical interdisciplinary expertise, human resources, and monitoring and management that helps our clients improve resilience to disasters and other influences to their social, environmental, and ecological systems.

• Habitat, Species, and Ecosystem Conservation
• Climate-driven Impacts Assessment
• Disaster Preparedness and Response
• Marine Debris Mitigation
• Coastal Resilience and Land Use Planning

Communications, Facilitation, Outreach,
& Education

IBSS creates media, messaging, and visuals that help our clients disseminate more easily understood and appreciated science to a wide variety of audiences. We coordinate multi-channel communications, design visually compelling graphics, produce award-winning videos, and manage and update web/social media content and campaigns. We develop science outreach and education programs and products that have inspired and increased marine and coastal scientific literacy, promoted stewardship values, and cultivate partnerships. We work with Federal, state, local, and tribal government agencies, non-government organizations (NGOs), K-12 schools, colleges, universities, and other constituents to promote STEM education priorities.

• Digital Transformation
• Graphic and Infographic Design and Visualizations
• Web, Social Media, Video Production
• Scientific and Technical Writing and Editing
• Stakeholder Engagement and Facilitation

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