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ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The study of invertebrate paleontology has been of great significance in the understanding of extant species and their evolutionary patterns. Paleontologists spend months in harsh conditions…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Year 3 of this project tested how the filtration system can further be improved upon. A filtration system was created that runs off of only solar energy and ocean currents to filter the ocea…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences Second Award
Mosquitoes, particularly the Aedes genus, are responsible for the transmission of Zika, Dengue, West Nile, and Malaria, which have no vaccines/treatments available. These result in 700millio…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
To prevent the leaching of contaminated water (leachate) into the surrounding environment, current landfills utilize a system of liners that often contain Bentonite powder, a material intend…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
In densely populated mountain valleys like Utah’s Salt Lake Valley, air pollution is a constant concern. Cold inversions trap PM2.5 in winter, creating smog-like haze, and hot summer months…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
This science fair project is about energy in different types of livestock manure. Each manure will be burned with wood chips and the temperature will be taken. The types of manure that will…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Bat-related diseases make up a majority of emerging pathogens. Simultaneously, rising rates of deforestation and anthropization tend to displace bats which may impact the transmission of dis…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
A microplastic is a plastic that is the size of 5 millimeters or less. They are pervasive pollutants that are being identified in environments and organisms throughout the world, however, th…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Earthquake generated lateral ground displacement is a very dangerous soil phenomenon that can cause extreme damage to buildings and infrastructure. Few research studies have investigated how…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
Ocean acidification shifts Earth's oceans towards pH-neutral conditions. The global crisis has left thousands of coral reefs uninhabitable, jeopardizing marine biodiversity and resulting in…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
For millennia, humanity has wondered if there might be other life present in the universe. Today, we have the technological capabilities to begin to understand what conditions allow for life…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Worldwide, from 1980 to 2018, the amount of damage caused by natural disasters amounted to about 40 trillion. Such climate-related disasters can be minimized if they are known in advance, bu…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is an ocean circulation system that plays a crucial role in regulating the global climate and its response to anthropogenic forcing. Th…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The problem addressed was does per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) affect the amount of Chlorophyll in lettuce. If 15mLof PFAS is added to plant, the plant will have a lower percent a…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Macroinvertebrates have been extensively utilized to evaluate the water quality of aquatic ecosystems (Urakawa and Bernhard, 2017; Singh and Sharma, 2020). Caddy flies (Trichoptera) are poll…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Many places lack clean water and the chemicals needed to treat water are not easily accessible either. Moringa plants tend to grow near the equator where most countries lack water. Moringa p…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
This project investigates regions of the U.S. and Canada affected by the Polar Vortex and impacts of “stuck” or persistent extreme weather patterns such as: longer rainstorms, longer heat wa…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Cyanobacteria, or blue-green algae, are photosynthetic aquatic organisms that produce toxins. They can grow excessively to form large-scale blooms under favorable environmental conditions. T…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences Third Award
In 2020, more than 250,000 Vietnam households were inundated, and over 70% of the population is exposed to risks from flood-related hazards. While Southeast Asia has experienced an unprecede…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The amount of land burned every year in Washington has increased about ten times over the last half century making the need for improved detection and identification of trends linked to wild…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Rapid Intensification (RI), a 30+ kt increase in a storm’s 1-minute maximum sustained winds, is a potentially catastrophic event occurring within tropical cyclones. The leading current RI mo…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Pisaster ochraceus is an integral component of rocky intertidal ecosystems. As a keystone species (Gashler, 2014), it has the ability to completely transform environments, controlling mussel…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Soybean is a major crop grown in Arkansas. Studying plant development is important to inform management decisions such as irrigation or chemical applications to maximize yield. The chlorophy…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences First Award
The Dana Glacier, located in the Sierra Nevada mountains, is rapidly melting away. I wanted to measure the volume of the remaining ice. This is difficult as there is no way to directly obser…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
There is a growing concern within the meteorological community regarding how the world should be handling the forecasting of tropical cyclones. Rapid intensification is happening more and mo…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
In last year's study, open-cell lignin foams were prepared from Kraft lignin through a simple baking process. Lignin foams demonstrated good biosorbent capabilities for removing heavy metals…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The importance of swimming in our life is evident; it reduces the rate of heart attack incidences and accordingly extends a person’s expected lifetime. Besides the health benefits. On the ot…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences Third Award
Access to clean water is a major challenge in many developing counties partly due to municipal and industrial pollution. Thus, developing low-cost technologies to provide clean water is vita…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The Mississippi River carries an estimated 1.5 million metric tons of nitrogen pollution into the Gulf of Mexico every year. This pollution has turned more than 18,000 square miles of the Gu…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
This project investigates porous concrete as a potential mitigation tactic for the surface runoff of tire wear particles (TWP). To maintain grip on the road, a tire gradually wears down its…