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ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences Second Award
This study focuses on creating a machine learning model that will predict the spread of any invasive species. This study used hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA), an invasive forest pest that poses…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
In this investigation the environmental impacts of the introduced species, Salix fragilis, which is commonly called Crack Willow were researched and investigated. Crack willows are listed on…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Lack of access to drinking water due to anthropogenic hydrosphere pollution is a widespread humanitarian issue facing the global population, particularly those vulnerable due to their geogra…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
Microplastic pollution in water is now recognized as a devastating problem by many organizations, such as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, with recent studies estimating…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences Second Award
Estimating the intensity of tropical cyclones (TCs) is one of the most important aspects in TC forecasts. Currently, the operational method of TC intensity estimation is the Dvorak Technique…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Approximately 200 million people worldwide are affected by arsenic-contaminated water for reasons such as drinking tube well groundwater. In 2019, the author created a novel and inexpensive…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Humans have fallen in love with plastics, from toys, to food containers, to bags, and straws. Scientists have been researching and warning about plastic pollution in the ocean for decades. T…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Lead and cadmium have many adverse effects on the environment and human body, ranging from developmental hindrance to affecting vital organs within the human body. Lead and cadmium poisoning…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
In this study, the effect of nitrate concentrations on the anuran species abundance in aquatic habitats across Long Island was investigated. Anurans are frogs and toads. With recent declines…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
In recent years, many severe and destructive wildfires have plagued the state of California. Extreme fire conditions, such as drought, that occur especially during autumn months in Californi…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
Overwatering and underwatering are widespread issues with environmental, financial, and safety consequences. Current approaches to assessing grass water use efficiency (WUE) are inaccessible…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences Third Award
Antibiotic pollution in soils and groundwater is one of the world’s most pressing problems. There are 1.4µg of antibiotics per-liter of freshwater and 125,000 tons of antibiotics polluted ev…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
According to ONU environment data, the Caribbean is the second most polluted sea by the use of plastics, as well as the countries: China, the United States and the United Kingdom that presen…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Evapotranspiration is a fundamental, but not widely understood, contributor to natural water cycles. This project incorporates a rigorous mathematical equation to help understand evapotransp…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Given the current rate of emissions and level of human-induced warming, and assuming the emissions trend over the past five years continues, how long will it be before the remaining allowabl…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The Purpose of my project is to test the effectiveness of different natural coagulants in the removal of microplastics from water. The Independent variables I tested were the coagulants, (Mo…
ISEF · 2021
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”. They are four inch polyethylene balls that cover re…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences Third Award
The protection zones or capture zones of springs in a desert environment can be hard to identify, but they are critically important for spring protection. Most springs fed by regional aquife…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences Third Award
The purpose of this experiment was to determine efficacy of lab-engineered pesticide resistant D. pulex as environmental buffers against the effects of malathion on H. littoralis. Pesticide…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Dendrochronology is a scientific field that uses the annual growth rings on trees to help scientists date events and map environmental change. Understanding past climate helps us to explain…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Climate change is a global problem that has adversely impacted marine ecosystems, especially coral reefs, by causing their bleaching and their destruction. The purpose of this study was to d…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences Second Award
Arsenic, a WHO-classified carcinogen and neurotoxin, has gained widespread notoriety, potentially affecting 250+ million globally. Current arsenic detection methods require frequent sampling…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Coliforms are ubiquitous and are known to be opportunistic pathogens such as Escherichia coli (E. coli). Large amounts of these coliforms in water supplies are harmful and it is important to…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
For decades, coastal erosion has progressed without effective remediation; the process inhibits coastal populations, animals, and habitats in tandem to negatively impacting local economies.…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Seventy percent of our planet is covered with water; however, only three percent is fresh and drinkable. The purpose of this project is to determine which type of aquatic plants filters wate…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences Third Award
Abstract The improper disposal of plastic waste has led to an abundance of plastics in the oceans, introducing a wide range of toxins along with a potential global health crisis. However, th…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
This project presents a novel end-to-end solution for predicting, mapping, and mitigating the absorption of hazardous organic pollutants by the plant cuticle membrane. The plant cuticle is v…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences Second Award
Ingesting marine biotoxins such as domoic acid (DA), a neurotoxin produced by the diatom Pseudo-nitzschia spp., and paralytic shellfish poison (PSP), a neurotoxic byproduct of the saxitoxin-…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences Third Award
Perfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) are carcinogenic chemicals found in heat, stain, and water-resistant consumer products, including Teflon. Like pharmaceuticals (PPCPs), these “forever…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Earthquake Prediction has been a challenging research area for many decades, where the future occurrence of this highly uncertain calamity is predicted. In this paper, several parametric and…