38,465 real projects from ISEF, the Canada-Wide Science Fair, JSHS, AJAS, the Calgary Youth Science Fair and the California Science & Engineering Fair — searchable by meaning, and filterable by fair, year, category and award.
ISEF · 2026
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Although Corals offer us plenty of services, they are constantly threatened by chemicals in the sunscreen that can induce coral bleaching. Approximately 14,000 tons of sunscreen enter the oc…
ISEF · 2026
Earth and Environmental Sciences Third Award
Pollution is a concern throughout the world, particularly in oceans. Recent concerns have arisen about the impacts of microplastics. Sea urchins are commonly used for developmental studies,…
ISEF · 2026
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The state of the vegetation on earth is an important indicator of our planet’s well-being. In this project, we tested the hypothesis that the prevalence of smartphones and other cameras coul…
ISEF · 2026
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Terana caerulea is a rare basidiomycete fungus distinguished by its striking deep blue pigmentation, produced by unique natural compounds known as corticine pigments. In February 2025, the s…
CSEF · 2026
Earth & Environmental Sciences (Junior Division)
Microplastics are a growing environmental concern due to their presence in water systems and potential impact on potential ecosystems and human health. The purpose of this experiment was to…
ISEF · 2026
Earth and Environmental Sciences Third Award
Tornadoes are among the deadliest and costliest weather phenomena in our world and remain challenging to predict despite significant advancements in weather forecasting. Current tornado fore…
ISEF · 2026
Earth and Environmental Sciences
This project aims to identify and quantify the causal effects of key completion design parameters on shale oil production in the Permian Basin in Texas. This causal inference analysis seeks…
CSEF · 2026
Earth & Environmental Sciences (Track 2) (Junior Division)
Carbon dioxide, more commonly known as CO2, is a gas that naturally occurs as a product of human respiration or as an engine byproduct. An environment with too much CO2 can cause health issu…
AJAS · 2026
Earth and Environmental Sciences (inferred)
A flash flood is when an area floods due to sudden extreme rainfall or another natural condition. Because of their destructive power, many families lose their homes yearly due to flash flood…
CSEF · 2026
Earth & Environmental Sciences (Junior Division) Second Award
Microfiber pollution from household laundry is a significant environmental concern. Synthetic textiles release microscopic plastic fibers during washing that enter aquatic and terrestrial ec…
CSEF · 2026
Earth & Environmental Sciences(Senior Division)
Microplastic pollution is associated with neurological, inflammatory, cardiac, and cancerous effects. Current water treatment approaches remain costly and environmentally damaging. This stud…
CSEF · 2026
Earth & Environmental Sciences (Junior Division)
I Investigated whether or not agricultural runoff could be mitigated by using a homemade bio-filtration system to limit pollution and improve wild fish habitat. I wanted to discover if a sim…
CSEF · 2026
Earth & Environmental Sciences (Junior Division) Honorable_mention Award
I would like to test different water sources in Merced to figure out which are likely to have the most microplastics versus other particulates. Using two different identification methods, I…
ISEF · 2026
Earth and Environmental Sciences Third Award
Sensing of the Tropopause and Marine Boundary Layer (MBL) is limited by cost and operational constraints of conventional fixed monitoring systems. WindDrift is a dual-modality Lagrangian sen…
ISEF · 2025
Earth and Environmental Sciences
This project was meant to assess the public health risk posed by arsenic (As) in Texas drinking water on a local and statewide scale, find out if climate was affecting As concentrations stat…
ISEF · 2025
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Microplastics have become a prevalent global environmental issue, with an estimated 75 trillion microplastics in the oceans today. MPs pose dangers to wildlife and cause serious health issue…
ISEF · 2025
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Oak decline is a global phenomenon threatening oak tree populations, the economic value of timber, and ecosystems. This study addresses a research gap by analyzing factors contributing to oa…
ISEF · 2025
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
In 2024, climate change-induced wildfires burned over 8 million acres across the U.S. and my home state of Oregon faced its most destructive wildfire year on record, with 1.9 million acres s…
AJAS · 2025
Earth and Environmental Sciences (inferred)
As sea levels rise and increase the rates of shoreline recession around coastal communities, developing strategies to mitigate this erosion should involve an examination of near-shore bathym…
ISEF · 2025
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Purpose: The EPA estimates that by 2050, 12,000 metric tons of plastic will be discarded into the ecosystem. Studies have shown that a liter of bottled water may contain thousands of micropl…
ISEF · 2025
Earth and Environmental Sciences Third Award
Indicator species are a significant part of environmental science, as they are used to predict environmental metrics that may otherwise be unattainable. The growth of the field is unpreceden…
ISEF · 2025
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
Since the late 1970s, the Arctic has experienced a temperature rise more than three times the global average, leading to accelerated thawing of permafrost. This thawing initiates thermokarst…
ISEF · 2025
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
Understanding pCO2 is essential for assessing the ocean's role in the global carbon cycle. However, in many current methods for predicting pCO2, satellite-derived measurements for regional w…
ISEF · 2025
Earth and Environmental Sciences First Award
Water treatment plants use disinfectants like chlorine to eliminate waterborne diseases such as cholera and typhoid. However, disinfection results in the formation of disinfection byproducts…
ISEF · 2025
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Zooxanthellae is the mutualistic microorganism that lives in coral and provides nutrients for the expansion of coral with the byproducts of photosynthesis. The main photosynthetic pigment is…
ISEF · 2025
Earth and Environmental Sciences
By the year 2050, it is estimated that cumulative plastic production will reach 34 billion tons (Bt), and at pace with the current consumption rate, around 12 Bt of per week (PW) will find t…
ISEF · 2025
Earth and Environmental Sciences
This project investigated the correlation between solar indices (AE, By, Bz, SYM_H, and F10.7), aurora activity, and TIMt layers. This research was motivated by the findings of Chu et al. 20…
ISEF · 2025
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Surface water is decreasing in the Rio Grande as a consequence of climate change, intensifying the vulnerability of our aquifers due to higher demand for groundwater pumping. Agricultural pr…
ISEF · 2025
Earth and Environmental Sciences
This experiment was performed to significantly cut down the amount of polluted freshwater bodies in the world. This experiment has findings that make this much faster, easier, and cheaper th…
ISEF · 2025
Earth and Environmental Sciences Third Award
Coral reefs are the world's most vital marine ecosystems, producing 50% of the world's oxygen and sustaining the livelihoods of 1 billion people globally. However, coral bleaching, a phenome…