The Spectral Lab working in the field with the Heiltsuk Nation to study kelp and bryozoans, summer 2025. Photo 5 of 6.

The Spectral Lab working in the field with the Heiltsuk Nation to study kelp and bryozoans, summer 2025. Photo 6 of 6.

Spectral Lab among the attendees of the Kelp Restoration workshop at the Hakai Institute, Calvert Island, 2025 July 23.

Alyssa Allchurch presenting the Kelp-Encrusting Bryozoan project at the Kelp Restoration workshop at the Hakai Institute, Calvert Island, 2025 July 23.

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…

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.

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 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 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