Earth and Environmental Sciences (inferred)
Severe weather, especially frequent and heavy precipitation exacerbated by climate change, adds uncertainty to the health of urban environments. A critical concern is the combined sewage ove…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
In just one hour, more than 600,000 g are released into the Puget Sound area of Washington State; this is caused by a multitude of vehicles braking tens of thousands of times an hour, releas…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Removing carbon dioxide (CO2) from mixed gas streams is vital for industrial flue gas remediation, fuel gas refining, and chemical production. Existing liquid amine technology is hampered by…
Earth & Environmental Sciences
Objectives Construct an Augmented Reality Sandbox to understand landslides/ find the most efficient method in preventing landslides Methods Manipulating the sand in the box to varying degree…
Earth & Environmental Sciences
Objectives The objective of this study is to identify whether the underlying factors of pH and water temperature have an effect on marine population when tested among six tidal pools on the…
Earth & Environmental Sciences
Objectives Microplastic particles in drinking water pose health concerns since they are invisible to drinkers and are difficult to filter. My goal is to create a simple and efficient method…
Earth & Environmental Sciences
Third Award
Objectives Mesozooplankton play an important role in the global ocean. They are intricately intertwined in the pelagic food web and are major contributors to biogeochemical element cycling t…
Earth & Environmental Sciences
Objectives To measure impacts of air pollution on marine life. Methods Using water samples collected from the Pacific Ocean, measured the impact on water pH levels using an "artificial" meth…
Earth & Environmental Sciences
Objectives The objective is to determine if air quality is lower at schools near the freeway. Methods An air quality monitor was built using multiple gas sensors and a PM2.5 sensor on an Ard…
Earth & Environmental Sciences
Objectives The purpose of my science project was to compare the permeability rates of various typical soils. I used gravel, poorly sorted sand, well sorted sand, and clay and I measured perm…
Earth & Environmental Sciences
Objectives The objective of this study is to explore the relationship of different salinities on earth that contain different levels of carbon dioxide in the ocean due to global warming. Met…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Emissions caused by burning of fossil fuels have tremendously increased acid deposition on earth in the form of sulphuric and nitric acids along with rain, fog, mist and snow badly affecting…
Earth & Environmental Sciences
Objectives The goal of my project was to study the effect fires have on several of soils' characteristics. These are, organic matter content, water retention capabilities, and ability to sup…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Coral reefs are one of the most diverse ecosystems in the world. With the use of motor boats, gasoline is being emitted into the ocean everyday at an alarming rate. The objective of this stu…
Earth & Environmental Sciences
Objectives The objective was to determine if the energy production in a soil microbial fuel cell is affected by soils from different location. Methods Soil samples were obtained from several…
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Eniac Se’avarador, a new environmental-friendly technology is innovated mainly to monitor the quality of water for agriculture use. However, the focus of this innovation is on the alkalinity…
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Microplastics, plastics under 5 millimeters in diameter, are becoming an increasingly problematic aspect of water pollution for both humans and the environment. There is an estimated micropl…
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Introduction The purpose of this experiment is to bring awareness to air pollution. In recent years news reportings on severe wildfires, such as the California and Texas wildfires, has focus…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Severe weather events such as tornadoes and high-wind thunderstorms pose a significant threat to human life and well-being. According to the NOAA, severe storms have caused over $200 billion…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Fourth Award
The purpose of this experiment was to better understand the impact of coal ash pollution in the environment through studying its impact on the model organism C. elegans. Coal ash, a pollutan…
Earth & Environmental Sciences
Objectives Examine and deduce a connection between poor water quality in natural parks and the presence of wild boars by analyzing a park with boars living in it to a park without boars. Met…
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We researched the correlation between varying levels of carbon dioxide on the freshwater Malaysian Trumpet snails. This research was inspired by a well-known ocean acidification shell experi…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Develop an application to encourage native tree species to be planted so native birds will return to San José, Costa Rica. Forest App is based on an application that encourages native tree s…
Earth & Environmental Sciences
Objectives The objective of this project is to test whether or not a supply of different concentrations of carbon dioxide, fertilizer and increased light exposure will increase algae growth,…
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This experiment determines if data from 1975, on water hardness in the US ties in with todays data. Email FFA advisors in US & ask to send area water samples. Organize vials by water hardnes…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
In our hometown, there are often places where plants don’t grow well. Because of the lack of plants in those areas, soil erosion is easily caused by localized heavy rain and strong wind, whi…
Earth & Environmental Sciences
Fourth Award
Objectives The purpose of this project was to determine differences in bird use between salt marsh dominated by the invasive cordgrass Spartina densiflora, and marshes which have undergone d…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Purpose: Nowadays, there is no environmental-friendly method of jadeite treatment, also this mineral is rather rare, so the purpose of this work is to consider the possibility of jadeite syn…
Earth & Environmental Sciences
Third Award
Objectives The objective of this study is to determine if rainfall has an impact on the salinity and water level of five groundwater wells located in a wetland restoration area in Goleta, CA…
Earth & Environmental Sciences
Objectives Bioturbation, the biogenic mixing of seafloor sediments by marine organisms, is an important ecological process that helps cycle nutrients in the ocean and maintain a functioning…