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ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The purpose of this experiment was to determine if adding biochar to chicken manure would affect phosphorus losses. This is important due to the recent boom of chicken barns in the Nebraska…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Based on USDA’s 2017 Census of Agriculture data, 99% of farmed animals in the US are raised in Animal Feeding Operations (AFOs) or Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs). These AFOs…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
In order to gauge the response to the coronavirus in Boston, the air quality at several public transportation stations was measured before and during lockdown. Throughout the entire experime…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Astrobiology is the study of life in the universe, beginning with the origin of life on Earth. This experiment measured how changing the pH of an RNA solution affects the amount of RNA absor…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The increasing greenhouse gas emissions causing climate change have been observed to deplete the nutrient content of crops, which can impact global malnutrition. Zinc is one of the plant mic…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The future of hydro energy is here! You may have heard of government dams generating energy, but not many regular citizens have the money or means to build their own functioning hydroelectri…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Fire-retardant slurries have become a popular method for extinguishing fire, particularly when man-made structures are at risk. However, the chemicals within fire-retardant slurries are know…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The study was a comparative study between cotton and lyocell from an environmental, economic, and quality perspective. The results are based on a literature study, on an interview, on a mark…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
Lake Erie has always experienced Harmful Algal Blooms, but the worst recorded was in 2011. The intensity of the HAB reached over 3x that of any other season. Many economic and ecological ser…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Upper ocean heat content (OHC) in advance of a hurricane is generally superior to pre-storm sea surface temperature (SST) for indicating favorable regions for hurricane intensification and m…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The uprise of climate change induces a harmful increase in carbon dioxide. One deleterious effect of excess atmospheric CO2 is, notably, the decrease in access to quality air, leading to egr…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Studies of lava caves is essential for predicting the impact of future volcanic eruptions as well as for geotourism. It is also valuable for potential use of lava tubes on the Moon and Mars…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
This paper focuses on the production of bioplastics using persimmon pruned branches. The aim of this study was to reduce environmental pollution caused by plastics. We examined that persimmo…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
We live in a world where, despite various awareness campaigns, deforestation are rife. Our project aims to find a fuel from waste that can compete with traditional fuels (charcoal, logs, etc…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Based on the study conducted at Poznan water treatment plant in Warsaw, which uses freshwater mussels as an early warning system for heavy metal contamination in their water. This study aims…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Ground-level ozone is a photochemical smog and secondary pollutant that is harmful to urban populations by increasing the risk of heart and lung disease and harming agricultural crops. It is…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences Second Award
Weather forecasting is traditionally done by physical models, which are unstable to perturbations. Even the best simulators can be inaccurate due to insufficient knowledge of the underlying…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The purpose of this study was to investigate natural waste products that could potentially replace the polystyrene and other synthetic plastics used in disposable face masks. The global prod…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Cadmium pollution is a very serious problem in waterways located near farmland due to the presence of cadmium in fertilizers. The purpose of this project is to identify cadmium levels in the…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Clean water is a necessity and essential for human life, but unfortunately in some places, it is not easily accessible. Currently, the SODIS method of disinfection is used in many places, bu…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The difficulty in finding the perfect shower temperature could be due to the height of the individual taking the shower and the temperature of the bathroom atmosphere. The purpose of this ex…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Over the last few decades, ocean acoustics has become an important research area for understanding human impact on underwater sea conditions. Recent studies show that anthropogenic sounds ca…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Since entering the United States in 2014, the Spotted Lanternfly has proven to be a significant threat to plant life and the agricultural economy of its infested regions. As the flies expand…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Salt pollution from de-icing methods threatens freshwater systems by increasing salinity in aquatic ecosystems and drinking water. However, there is limited understanding of the seasonal dyn…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The purpose of this project was to determine if cyclomorphosis occurs among any of the zooplankton populations in Lake Springfield and, if so, when does it occur. Samples were collected twic…
ISEF · 2020
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Coal accounts for 38% of global power production. Lignite is the lowest rank of coal, containing 25% to 35% carbon with low energy potential. Sulfur appears in coal in two forms; elemental f…
ISEF · 2020
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Sinkholes are a persistent problem throughout the world. Biomineralization is a large step forward in science and has been applied to restore cement structures, statues, etc. but has never b…
ISEF · 2020
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The anthropogenic impact on the biosphere is constantly increasing affecting ecosystems, reducing species diversity and lowering the rate of biomass formation. Normally determining the impac…
ISEF · 2020
Earth and Environmental Sciences
In this experiment, the effects of metallic bonding to the organic compound carbon monoxide were observed and analyzed. Basing our idea off the way in which carbon monoxide reacts with and b…
ISEF · 2020
Earth and Environmental Sciences
This project integrates three individual studies: microcystin detection, bloom prediction, and septic distribution analysis. With the data from a four month longitudinal collection period, a…