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ISEF · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Plastic pollution is a global issue threatening the health of marine and land ecosystems. Smaller "microplastics" (<5mm) are particularly problematic as they can be consumed by marine creatu…
ISEF · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Before dams were built on the Columbia and Snake rivers, thousands of Sockeye Salmon would migrate from the Pacific Ocean to their breeding grounds at Redfish Lake in central Idaho. Now that…
ISEF · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
Pesticide runoff is a major challenge facing the agricultural and landscape industries today. The vast majority of sprayed pesticides end up in an environment other than their intended desti…
ISEF · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences First Award
Every year, devastating wildfires cause substantial environmental and economic damage all around the world. In most cases, firefighters are unable to identify wildfires until the flames grow…
ISEF · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Fish is an essential and traditional element in the diet of many people in the Caribbean (Ricketts, 2016). However, some species have high concentration of Mercury (Hg), representing an incr…
ISEF · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Chemical differences between fossils of different species, environments, or time periods reveal information about prehistoric habitats, climate, environmental change and specimen origin. Lit…
ISEF · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Leatherback sea turtles are a critically endangered species in the eastern Pacific, especially due to climate change. When sand temperatures increase above 29.5 degrees Celsius, the hatchlin…
ISEF · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Throughout the world’s aquatic ecosystems, governments have established marine protected areas (MPAs) to protect sensitive marine environments. This study explored the use of baited remote u…
ISEF · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The goal of this project is to describe the differences in macroinvertebrate species quantities, biomass, water quality, and dorsal brightness of plecoptera on several locations in the Alamo…
ISEF · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences
What is aquaponics? This is a question that not enough people know the answer to. The word aquaponics was created by combining the words "aquaculture" and "hydroponics". It's not only the co…
ISEF · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences Third Award
Ecological light pollution implicates physiological disruption to individual organisms and the ecosystem structure as a whole particularly with the involvement of keystone species. The major…
ISEF · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Purpose: The purpose of this experiment is to investigate the effect of 4-Methylcyclohexanemethanol (a coal cleaning agent) on the population change in Daphnia Magna. Procedure: The Daphnia…
ISEF · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The purpose of this research project was to study the effect of three different concentrations of atrazine (AAtrex 4L) on the germination rate of Raphanus sativus 'Champion'. The hypothesis…
ISEF · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The purpose of this study was to investigate how different types of fruit peels affect the amount of oil absorption. There has been previous work in the scientific literature on this subject…
ISEF · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Today, the effects of pharmaceuticals on the environment and living organisms are largely unknown, primarily due to lack of studies in the lab and field. Additionally, there is no standard f…
ISEF · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Plastic, one of the most commonly used materials in everyday products, has been piling up in landfills all over the world. The purpose of the experiment was to accelerate the biodegradation…
ISEF · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences
This experiment focuses on the effect that increasing temperature has on plant development and nutritional content. By using Wisconsin Fast Plant Astro Plants and Broccoli Microgreens grown…
ISEF · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
Little is known about the potential effects of “GenX’s” release into the Cape Fear River Basin. As stated by Rachel Carson “If we are going to live so intimately with these chemicals - eatin…
ISEF · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Azo dyes are commonly used in the textile industry, and are a major constituent of textile factory waste. However, azo-linkages remain non biodegradable, and are highly toxic, linked the neu…
ISEF · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences
According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, approximately 39% of Americans live in coastal areas. In the wake of Hurricane Harvey and Maria, attention has been drawn to…
ISEF · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences
From ancient times to modern times, Observation Astronomy have left us various astronomical charts. Among these charts is china’s celestial map known to be the oldest ever. But a chart named…
ISEF · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
In the arid West, conversion of intermittent streams to arroyos makes the already limited water even less available to the ecosystem. This study used two drones (one we designed and built in…
ISEF · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences
From April 2017 to October 2017, 80 advisories on the beaches of Louisiana (Department of Health 2017) have been reported. Louisiana Department of Health has recorded bacteria count througho…
ISEF · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
Climate change has caused diminishing water resources, affecting food crop yield globally. Frequent irrigation is necessary when soil moisture decreases but becomes a problem due to limited…
ISEF · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences
In order to prevent the release of pollutants due to fossil fuel usage people are switching to better alternatives like solar panels, especially in places like Texas and Florida which use mo…