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ISEF · 2022
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 the environments and organisms throughout the world, however…
ISEF · 2022
Earth and Environmental Sciences Second Award
Humans have propelled Earth into its sixth mass extinction, wiping out hundreds of species and pushing hundreds more to the brink. To repopulate the at-risk, legislation, such as the U.S End…
ISEF · 2022
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Objective: The severity of global warming impact is often masked by ‘average’ numbers. This project measures the extremes of climate change, and identifies geographic areas where: - Temperat…
ISEF · 2022
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Today pollution is considered important, since it has damaged in large quantities by the unconsciousness of the human being by not using properly some products that affect it, some of them a…
ISEF · 2022
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
Every year, the human population discharges more than 30,000 kg of steroidal estrogens while livestock contributes close to 83,000 kg. Estradiol, a steroidal estrogen, is a prominent water c…
ISEF · 2022
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The importance of studying glacial melting to understand the impact of climate change is amplified by the number of glaciers in the world, and complicated by the feasibility of monitoring th…
ISEF · 2022
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Applications of charcoal have become an interest in daily life such as fuel for combustion. However, the commercial charcoal is normally produced by cutting the mangrove trees which are not…
ISEF · 2022
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Water is the most important natural resource. There are many ways to prevent water evaporation, including the recently used “Shade Balls.” These four inch polyethylene balls cover reservoirs…
ISEF · 2022
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Since 24,000 BC climate change has affected localized areas across the Southwestern United States; however, these effects today are seen at an unparalleled rate. Climatic projections suggest…
ISEF · 2022
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The purpose of this project was to determine if surface runoffs are harmful to Daphnia Magna by measuring the heart rates of Daphnia before and after exposure to the surface runoffs. Five di…
ISEF · 2022
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The investigation was centred around a field study conducted at the Mindil Beach Mangrove ecosystem. A transect line and quadrat surveying along the line were utilized to analyze the abiotic…
ISEF · 2022
Earth and Environmental Sciences Second Award
With the increase in population at large and meeting the demands in various sectors, management of industrial waste is a growing issue. Typically dye industries are excreting large quantitie…
ISEF · 2022
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
Wildfires have caused significant economic losses and human health damages in California. To minimize the losses and damages, it is imperative to understand the key drivers of wildfires and…
ISEF · 2022
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
The purpose of this research is to develop a portable fertility sensor with a mapping function based on fluorescence intensities in rice paddies for optimum fertilization contributing to sus…
ISEF · 2022
Earth and Environmental Sciences
To prevent the leaching of contaminated water (leachate) into the surrounding environment, current landfills utilize a liner system containing Bentonite powder, a material intended to filter…
ISEF · 2022
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Water is a highly effective extinguishing agent utilized for brush fires, however, it requires massive amounts of water to be utilized for large environmental fires. For my experiment, I tes…
ISEF · 2022
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The purpose of this project was to determine if grass clippings can potentially be refined into an alternative heat source. Throughout the summer, grass clippings are produced in large quant…
ISEF · 2022
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Rainwater collected in the same pipes as wastewater increases inflow to the wastewater treatment plants (WWTP), reaching the capacity of WWTPs. When the WWTPs are overstrained, polluted wate…
ISEF · 2022
Earth and Environmental Sciences Third Award
Electronic waste is the world’s fastest-growing waste stream, and a source of contamination as the heavy metals used in electronics leach into the environment. Because of its electrical and…
ISEF · 2022
Earth and Environmental Sciences
This project used an online mapping tool (ArcGIS) to generate wolf location maps. Wolf and Line 3 location shape files were given to the researcher from a Fond du Lac Resource Management Div…
ISEF · 2022
Earth and Environmental Sciences First Award
Wildlife poaching of endangered species such as elephants in Africa has become a biodiversity crisis, which has also been highlighted by the United Nations Sustainable Development Biodiversi…
ISEF · 2022
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Previous research determined that using Chlorella Vulgaris infused Sodium Alginate beads was an effective strategy to return hypereutrophic water systems to natural nutrient levels. Determin…
ISEF · 2022
Earth and Environmental Sciences
There have been increasing concerns about global warming caused by greenhouse gases, particularly CO2 emissions from industry. The manufacturing of cement products accounts for approximately…
ISEF · 2022
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) logging is a vital part of modern progressive oil reservoir analysis for efficient oil recovery. Although it already aids in the determination of porosity, s…
ISEF · 2022
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Japanese Stiltgrass (Microstegium Vimineum) is an invasive C4 annual grass that is currently depleting resources in deciduous forest ecosystems across eastern North America. The purpose of t…
ISEF · 2022
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Purpose: The aim of the experiment was to see if using ultraviolet light as an auxiliary to existing methods would enhance the efficiency of different methods of oil spill cleanup. Procedure…
ISEF · 2022
Earth and Environmental Sciences
As a result of Cu-based agrochemicals and the progression of industrialization, the toxic ion Cu2+'s concentration is predicted to increase by more than 50% by the end of this century (Rehme…
ISEF · 2022
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Many people in today’s society refuse to drink tap water due to the components in it. In order to battle this, water filters are used to clean the water. The commercial filters claim their p…
ISEF · 2022
Earth and Environmental Sciences
This research study served to understand whether the chemical glyphosate, found in commercial herbicides, is a threat to the keystone species phytoplankton, and thus whether it is a threat t…
ISEF · 2022
Earth and Environmental Sciences
RUSLE can measure soil erosion in the United States, China and India (erosion causes soil loss 10-40x faster). Can the RUSLE equation measure soil erosion in Indonesia? because in Indonesia,…