We are developing onboard planning and execution technology to support the exploration and characterization of geological features by autonomous rovers. In order to generate high quality mission plans, an autonomous rover must reason about the relative importance of the observations it can perform. There are a variety of criteria that may contribute to the importance of an observation such as h...

Exposure to radon gas increases the risk of lung cancer. Preliminary national survey data collected by Health Canada indicate that approximately 10% of households exceed the recommended federal long-term guideline of 200 Bq/m3. However, results to date have been reported for large geographic areas in broad measurement categories. Given that Health Canada recommends the most rapid remediation fo...

For wide-ranging species, it is often too expensive or politically challenging to effectively implement conservation action across their range. In these cases, actions may be vigorously applied where the situation appears most dire, but inadvertently at expense of success more probable. Consequently, prudent use a prioritization approach that highlights areas probable success. Using Southern Mo...

Payment for hydrological services (PHS) are popular tools for conserving ecosystems and their water-related services. However, improving the spatial targeting and impacts of PHS, as well as their ability to foster synergies with other ecosystem services (ES), remain challenging. We aimed at using spatial analyses to evaluate the targeting performance of México's National PHS program in central ...