Earth and Environmental Sciences
Sunscreen active ingredients are a key factor of maintaining good health due to their protection from harmful radiation from the sun. However, these ingredients often pollute waterways and h…
AJAS · 2022
Environmental Science
The Connecticut River, stretching from the Canadian border with New Hampshire to the Long Island Sound, is of great ecological and commercial importance to bordering communities. A variety o…
AJAS · 2022
Environmental Science
In the United States, agriculture operations are having significant impacts on the water quality of nearby waterways. In Peacham, Vermont, the South Peacham Brook is a small stream, which fl…
AJAS · 2022
Environmental Science
Description: I made a cheap arsenic water filtration system that helps the immune system by reducing cell death.
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Agriculture is an ever-changing industry. Agricultural drainage tiling has become much more common in recent years. Agricultural drainage tiling has numerous benefits, but there are drawback…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Coral reefs are one of the world’s most spectacular ecosystems which are visible even from space making them the most diverse marine ecosystem. One-quarter of all ocean species depend on ree…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Second Award
Older mangroves in the inner mangroves areas have been perishing at an increased rate and cannot be accessed for restore due to the dense roots of plants, resulting in a decrease in the inne…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Alien invasive species (AIS) cause habitat destruction, lower crop productivity, climate change, and significant losses in global biodiversity. Global efforts to control rapid expansion of A…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
America is the second leading producer of beer in the world, producing more than 211.17 million hectoliters per year (Conway 2021). Breweries are gaining notoriety as ecologically friendly d…
AJAS · 2022
Earth Science
Eyewall replacement cycles (ERCs) are events that occur in intense tropical cyclones (TCs) and are difficult to predict. An ERC event involves a secondary outer eyewall that surrounds the in…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Arsenic is a prevalent existing environmental toxin and also a human carcinogen. Recently, mushrooms were found to have unique properties that allowed them to metabolize arsenic into a compl…
AJAS · 2022
Environmental Science
North Carolina is the second largest hog producer in the US, and the state has historically faced issues with contaminants from hog waste lagoons, which are worsened by flooding events that…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Purpose: Rivers can be contaminated by sewage, industrial runoff, and other pollutants. Most of these water sources can be polluted with different hazardous toxins and pathogenic organisms.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
AJAS · 2022
Environmental Science
Microplastics are the most prevalent type of artificial debris in most waterways. There is little knowledge about the effect microplastics have on organisms. This project evaluated the effec…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
AJAS · 2022
Environmental Science
Species inhabiting urban waterways face numerous threats including water pollution, invasive species, and habitat alteration. While virtually all water bodies are at risk of significant huma…
AJAS · 2022
Environmental Science
Approximately 1% to 50% of ticks carry diseases, and 300,000 cases of tick bites are annually reported in the US. New Jersey holds one of the highest rates of Lyme disease caused by tick bit…
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…
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…
AJAS · 2022
Earth Science
A geomagnetic storm is a major disturbance of Earth's magnetosphere that occurs when there is an efficient energy exchange from the solar wind into the space environment surrounding Earth. T…