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ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences Third Award
Due to increased urbanization and climate change, there has been an increase in bank erosion and destruction of riparian zones. Riparian zones are vegetative areas of land bordering streams…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
At present, the environment is an issue worthy of importance, since it has been damaged in great quantity by the lack of awareness of human beings by not using properly some products that af…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Pollution in freshwater ecosystems from chemicals, personal care products, and pharmaceutical products due to ineffective wastewater treatment poses a significant threat to both water qualit…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Daphnia magna is a large, invertebrate water flea species in fresh and brackish waterbodies. The Bacillus thuringiensis (B.t.) strain is a soil bacterium that produces toxic proteins which a…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
The effect of climate warming on the fate of pollutants has aroused attention around the world. Photodegradation is an important transformation process at the plant leaf surface for pesticid…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
In comparison to other energy sources, geothermal energy is a safe option. Since it is clean and green, the world has begun to pay attention to geothermal energy. It produces enormous quanti…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Irregular surface area, such as lake area, is hard to calculate using definite integrals and is traditionally calculated by using graph paper with small squares. Utilizing the Monte Carlo me…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
I was watching the news one day and heard about a little boy who died due to swallowing a button cell battery. I thought how could a battery that seems coated and protected kill anyone? The…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Marine sponges (phylum Porifera) have the important job of controlling bacterial populations in coral reefs. The recent abundance of marine microplastics, however, which often harbor a micro…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Ever-increasing global warming, climate change & human disruptions have resulted in unprecedented frequency, spread & intensity of destructive wildfires across continents. Thus, effective sy…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Temperate aquatic ecosystems in North America face threats due to the introduction of zebra mussels and harmful algal blooms (HABs). Zebra mussels and cyanobacteria, a common type of HAB, ca…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The purpose of this experiment is to further investigate the ability of galleria mellonella (the larvae of the greater wax moth) to digest and naturally biodegrade polyethylene: plastic type…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences First Award
Landslides cost billions in damage annually in the U.S. & have affected 4.8 million people over the past 2 decades. Landslide forecasting is therefore a critical task for protecting human li…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
This project aimed to identify how the implementation of green infrastructure (GI) water harvesting systems impacts the carbon cycle by studying shifts in microbial composition and function.…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Coral reefs, which house millions of marine organisms and drive multibillion dollar tourism and ?shing industries, have been under severe threat of bleaching due to the warming, acidi?cation…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Sunspot records only go back a few hundred years, so there is limited information available to predict solar behavior. This project studied high-resolution ice cores which store 10k+ years o…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Applying lessons learned from the tremendous damage caused by the major earthquake in 2011, Kochi City is rapidly implementing measures such as evacuation drills in various areas to reduce l…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Plastic is an indispensable and persistent material used in everyday life. Plastic contamination is found in terrestrial and marine environments which can be fragmented into microscopic micr…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Hawaii is a biodiversity hotspot with high levels of endemism. Many endangered species are vulnerable to climate change. The project's purpose is to determine the habitats threatened by sea-…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The study of invertebrate paleontology has been of great significance in the understanding of extant species and their evolutionary patterns. Paleontologists spend months in harsh conditions…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Year 3 of this project tested how the filtration system can further be improved upon. A filtration system was created that runs off of only solar energy and ocean currents to filter the ocea…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences Second Award
Mosquitoes, particularly the Aedes genus, are responsible for the transmission of Zika, Dengue, West Nile, and Malaria, which have no vaccines/treatments available. These result in 700millio…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
To prevent the leaching of contaminated water (leachate) into the surrounding environment, current landfills utilize a system of liners that often contain Bentonite powder, a material intend…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
In densely populated mountain valleys like Utah’s Salt Lake Valley, air pollution is a constant concern. Cold inversions trap PM2.5 in winter, creating smog-like haze, and hot summer months…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
This science fair project is about energy in different types of livestock manure. Each manure will be burned with wood chips and the temperature will be taken. The types of manure that will…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Bat-related diseases make up a majority of emerging pathogens. Simultaneously, rising rates of deforestation and anthropization tend to displace bats which may impact the transmission of dis…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
A microplastic is a plastic that is the size of 5 millimeters or less. They are pervasive pollutants that are being identified in environments and organisms throughout the world, however, th…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Earthquake generated lateral ground displacement is a very dangerous soil phenomenon that can cause extreme damage to buildings and infrastructure. Few research studies have investigated how…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
Ocean acidification shifts Earth's oceans towards pH-neutral conditions. The global crisis has left thousands of coral reefs uninhabitable, jeopardizing marine biodiversity and resulting in…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
For millennia, humanity has wondered if there might be other life present in the universe. Today, we have the technological capabilities to begin to understand what conditions allow for life…