Spectral remote sensing lab

The Spectral Lab has studied annual herring spawn events, here’s the latest imagery from NASA: science.nasa.gov/?p=1209117&pre…

CBC audio interview with Maycira Costa and others on how the Tseshat First Nation is working hard to bring kelp back around the Broken Group Islands in BC. cbc.ca/listen/live-ra…

Please join us in wishing Scott congratulations on being awarded BEST IN BIOLOGY for the poster he presented on 2026 Feb 26 at UVic Honours Fest for his thesis work, comparing drone versus canoe methods to evaluate kelp-encrusting bryozoans.

Alena Wachmann defends her Master’s thesis on the long-term persistence and resilience of floating kelp forests on the West Coast of Vancouver Island, combining historical nautical charts, archived satellite imagery, environmental driver data, and collaborative fieldwork.

Maycira Costa with the satellite and biodiversity working group at the International Ocean Colour Science meeting in Darmstadt, Germany. iocs.ioccg.org

Nelson Gouveia gave a talk about oceanographic modeling and Sargassum tracking to university students in the Amazon of South America.

Jordanna Bergman, Spectral & Remote Sensing lab, received the 2025 L'Oréal Canada and Unesco Canadian Women in Science award. newswire.ca/news-releases/…

Canadian international Sargassum project at the UN Climate Change Conference / COP30 in Belem, Brazil, video featuring UVic Geography Postdoc Nelson Gouveia.

Canadian international Sargassum project at the UN Climate Change Conference / COP30 in Belem, Brazil. UVic Geography Postdoc Nelson and UFPA Ludmila participating in the Sargassum meeting during the COP30.

Jordanna Bergman and Alejandra Mora-Soto, postdoctoral researchers, at the Western Society of Naturalists meeting in San Diego alongside researchers from Anne Salomon’s lab at Simon Fraser University: Graham Brownlee, Abby Birch, and Hannah Kobluk.

Alejandra Mora-Soto, postdoctoral researcher, at the Western Society of Naturalists meeting in San Diego, sharing her updates on kelp mapping in Haida Gwaii.

Jordanna Bergman, postdoctoral researcher, presenting at the Western Society of Naturalists meeting in San Diego. Jordanna gave an update on her leading research on the kelp-encrusting bryozoan project.

Spectral Lab Postdoc Nelson Gouveia with Universidade do Para partners conducting bathymetry surveys in the Brazilian Amazon Atlantic coast as part of the New Frontiers in Research Fund Sargassum project.

The kelp-encrusting bryozoan (KEB) team was out in Haida Gwaii looking for presence of KEB on bull and giant kelp, performing camera surveys and pulling sensor moorings. Photo credit: Jordanna Bergman

The kelp-encrusting bryozoan (KEB) team was out in Haida Gwaii looking for presence of KEB on bull and giant kelp, including underwater surveys. Photo credit: Alyssa Allchurch

The kelp-encrusting bryozoan (KEB) team found more evidence of KEB, seen as white/pale circles on the blades of giant kelp, in Bella Bella, BC; plus a bonus shark. Photo 2 of 2.

The kelp-encrusting bryozoan (KEB) team found more evidence of KEB, seen as white/pale circles on the blades of giant kelp, in Bella Bella, BC; plus a bonus shark. Photo 1 of 2.

Piper Steffen, MSc Spectral Lab, is the only Canadian selected for the Earth Sensing Summer School 2025 in San Vito di Cadore, Italy, in the Dolomite Mountains, with travel funds from the Canadian Space Agency. cirgeo.unipd.it/est/earth-sens…

Dr. Costa’s appointment reflects her distinguished contributions to environmental science and her commitment to advancing knowledge in support of Canada’s space-based Earth observation initiatives.

Dr. Maycira Costa has been appointed to the Earth System Science Advisory Committee at the Canadian Space Agency, and will contribute her expertise to providing independent, science-based advice. asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/sciences/c…