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ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences
This research examines the hypothesis that intrinsic antibiotic resistance differs according to habitat. I think that the biofilm is creating an environment that is causing the microbes on t…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences
With the increase of production and research of dye synthesized solar cells (DSSC), solar technology as a whole has advanced and could possibly cause solar technology to expand to all househ…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Nowadays , plastics is very famous . But we realize that using plastics are dangerous to us as well as the Earth . Durio Plastico is a biodegradable plastic from durian seeds . It can be an…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences
According to a NOAA study on “Nutrient Dynamics and Changes to Benthic Communities in Vatia, American Samoa”, Vatia Bay is experiencing an unusual overgrowth of benthic algae, threatening to…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
Oceans make up seventy percent of our world, containing the most diverse ecosystems. The ocean also serves as a gigantic carbon ‘sponge’, absorbing humanities excess carbon dioxide. At the c…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Acesulfame, sucralose, and saccharin are artificial sweeteners and used as sugar substitutes in foods and beverages. From last year’s research, it was found that these sweeteners could not b…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences Second Award
Anthropogenic emissions of methane (CH4) and carbon dioxide (CO2) especially from large cities have resulted in the build-up of greenhouse gas concentrations responsible for climate change.…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Water vapor is one of the major greenhouse gases in the atmosphere along with carbon dioxide and has a great impact on the greenhouse effect. Therefore, it is very important to know distribu…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences
It can be found that lichen are commonly used as bioindicators by scientists in order detect air pollution. This project was targeted at evaluating if lichens can be used as bioindicators ju…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Man-made polymers create a strain in waste management strategies as decomposition is not practical and combustion of these material creates greenhouse gases. The researched method will decre…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
Every day millions of loads of laundry are done in in the United States alone. Many, if not most, include synthetic fibers. During washing, micro-plastic fibers are released from the fabric,…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Over the last few decades, since the industrial revolution, the climate system lost its natural balance leading to noticeable change in the climate. The greenhouse gases G.H.Gs have been maj…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Oil spills are a major problem that faces us today. They have a very large, negative impact on plants, animals, and their environment. Cleaning up oil spills in oceans and seas has burdened…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
This project investigates the general water quality and major/minor ion chemistry in Arkansas aquifers given the ongoing depletion of the Mississippi River Valley Alluvial Aquifer and the re…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences
This study focuses on the direct impacts of physical contact. The coral coverage of two sites were calculated and then compared. Both were in the same region, with similar landscape, and com…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Ocean Acidification (OA) is caused by increase of CO2 in the atmosphere due to industrialization. Oceanic pH prior to the industrial revolution was 8.2. By 2100, pH will be 7.8 if acidificat…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
Particulate Matter (PM) is a liquid or solid suspended in air that can be directly emitted into the atmosphere. High concentrations of PM smaller than 2.5 µm in diameter (aka PM2.5) are know…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences
1,2-propanediol is a common de-icing fluid used by airports to prepare planes for takeoff during cold weather. Airports can discharge glycol into nearby bodies of water. As an effluent, glyc…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
Drylands make up 41% of the biosphere and support 38% of the world’s population. The intensity and frequency of rainfall events controls processes that drive dryland soil nutrient cycling. C…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
The objective of this project is to determine how effective changing the shape of a spherical shade ball to a tessellational dodecahedron is at decreasing evaporation and algal growth. Shade…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences Third Award
What is the feasibility of a sustainable heterotrophic Chlorella vulgaris growth system to become a replacement for the tertiary phase of a municipal wastewater treatment plant, and to succe…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Indium is widely used in green technologies, including solar energy production. Indium is often found in trace amounts in zinc deposits; however, it is becoming scarcer. A neural net was use…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Global freshwater temperatures have increased and are projected to rise a further 3°-7°C in the next 100 years. Critical for drinking and agriculture, these highly temperature dependant ecos…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Southern Africa is experiencing increasing flooding hazards from a number of cyclones like Cyclone Dineo.The problem is made worse by lack of reliable flood warning systems.The purpose of th…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Numerous consumer products, such as sports clothes, makeup, food containers, even prosthetic legs contain tiny silver particles called nanoparticles, which have antibacterial properties. The…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Microplastics, plastic particles smaller than 5 mm, have been regularly found within marine, freshwater, and estuarine environments. These tiny plastic polymers have been discovered in vario…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences
On a large scale, all bodies of water are constantly evaporating. It is very important to understand the negative effects that increased evaporation can have on the environment. Water vapor…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences Second Award
When excavated 1957-1962, the archaeological site at Isimila, Tanzania, was estimated at 60 ka, from its artefacts’ similarity to other sites, such as Magubike and Kalambo Falls, none of whi…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
Hexavalent Chromium (CrVI) is a priority pollutant, released by the tannery processes to the environment. The objective of this study was to assess the potential of novel materials magnetize…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Puerto Rico is the smallest island of the Mayor Antilles located in the Caribbean Sea. Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands are part of a volcanic island platform (Morelock, 2001). The purpose…