Adaptive management is a structured, iterative method for decision-making under uncertainty that integrates management actions with systematic learning. It treats policies or interventions as experiments, specifying alternative hypotheses about system behavior, designing management actions to test them, and using monitoring data and formal evaluation to update models and decisions over time. Core components include explicit objectives, predictive models, monitoring protocols, and decision rules that are revised using feedback, often via Bayesian updating or other quantitative frameworks. Widely used in environmental and resource management, it aims to optimize outcomes while progressively reducing uncertainty about system dynamics and response to interventions.
More than two dozen University of Victoria researchers contributed to "Canada's Changing Climate Report 2026," the country's most comprehensive assessment of how climate change is affecting communities, ecosystems and coastlines ...
Earth Sciences
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Wildfires in the Mediterranean region are becoming drastically more intense. The recent major fires in France, Spain and Greece show that firefighting efforts are reaching their limits.
Environment
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As Europe burns, many cities are trying to cut emissions, upgrade buildings and rethink how energy is produced and used. However, there is a recurring challenge: getting people to participate in and accept the solutions needed ...
Environment
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As many cities developed, streams that once flowed on the surface were buried underground to make way for growing infrastructure. However, as heavier rainfall, extreme weather and aging infrastructure place growing pressure ...
Environment
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You've probably seen it before: A native garden starts out lush and intentional, then slowly unravels. A meadow is overtaken by weeds. Native grasses are cut down to sad little stumps. A pollinator garden somehow loses its ...
Ecology
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What's the best way to manage a forest? Australians have argued about this for decades. The debate is often framed as binary: Do we protect forests entirely, or harvest trees to support local economies and communities?
Plants & Animals
Jul 31, 2026
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As the U.S. looks to expand domestic seafood production, a new University of Miami study argues that long-term competitiveness will depend on how well fisheries can withstand climate-driven disruptions. The study comes as ...
Agriculture
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A couple of miles south of the main quad at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, a remarkable agricultural experiment is taking shape. The so-called Alma Mater Plots are unique in their setup—with 64 plots of 1 acre ...
Agriculture
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Scientists are calling for wildlife surveys to be conducted within hours of prescribed burns after new research revealed that evidence of animal deaths can disappear in less than two weeks, significantly underestimating the ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 20, 2026
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Man-made substances surround us everywhere in our daily lives. According to the current understanding of the "Planetary Boundaries" framework, the carrying capacity for so-called novel entities—which include chemicals, microplastics, ...
Environment
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