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Earth and Environmental Sciences
By 2050, there could be more plastic in the ocean than fish (Parker, 2018a). This inspired me to research the mealworm as a possible solution to the global plastic problem. My goal was to de…
Earth & Environmental Sciences
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives We are studying Phytophthora ramorum, a water mold which is killing tanoaks and causing a foliar infection on Bay laurels in Santa Cruz County. Sudden Oak Death threatens the surv…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Tsunamis are often tragic events, killing thousands at a time and striking abruptly from distant locations. Two tsunamis in the last six months killed thousands of people with no warning. Cu…
Earth & Environmental Sciences
Objectives The objective of this project was to investigate the relationship between the slope of the seafloor and the inland travel of a simulated tsunami. Methods Used three identical wood…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Diagenesis is the compositional change in geologic samples such as fossils, which are often used to date significant geological events in their vicinity. Fossilized dentin from teeth can und…
Earth and Environmental Sciences (inferred)
The endemic Dendroctonus ponderosae, or Mountain Pine Beetle, has long been present in the coniferous forests of the western United States. However, this species has begun to reproduce at ex…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
How does topography impact the formation, size and strength of a tornado? In order to better understand how a tornado changes when it travels across different land masses a small-scale torna…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Glaciers have exhibited increased melting rates due to rising global temperatures resulting from climate change. To track the effects of climate change on glacial mass balance, the equilibri…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
On regional and global levels, pollution from highways and industrial activities are major sources of environmental damage. Phytoremediation is the process of rehabilitating the quality of s…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
This study provides an assessment of the overall water quality of Gulpha Creek and three distinct points of concern within the watershed. It was hypothesized that water quality would be poor…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Third Award
Due to growing interest in reusing grey water to combat drought, soapnuts, a natural berry shell, were studied for the past four years to see if its greywater could be used to irrigate lawns…
Earth & Environmental Sciences
Objectives We wanted to learn how different commercial building materials affect the contamination of rainwater. This project will help our community, nation, and world, because it will prov…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The estimation of bioindication (BI) of large ecosystems is a subject of great interest for various organizations managing such systems after destructive events - fires, floods, eruptions, t…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
“Celtic” tribes of the La Tène culture inhabited a considerable part of Europe in the Late Iron Age (ca 500–40 BC), which indicates the necessity of the existence of certain trade mechanisms…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Ground level ozone is one of the most abundant forms of air pollution worldwide. Ozone is regulated by the EPA because of its negative health effects, such as premature aging of lungs and di…
Earth & Environmental Sciences
Objectives The problem of drought increase in severity leads to the conservation of water and the efficiency of water use in the garden. With this idea, I decided to test how the moisture of…
Earth & Environmental Sciences
Objectives The objective of my project was to see what materials would last longer in wave erosion and prevent the least erosion. For this my hypothesis was that the sand and clay mixture wo…
Earth & Environmental Sciences
Objectives Thousands of marine mammals have been killed by paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP), caused by consuming toxic shellfish. How did the shellfish get toxic? Research shows that it s…
Earth & Environmental Sciences
Objectives The objective of this study is to see which surface, cement, grass, asphalt, and sand, will reflect the most amount of ultraviolet rays. Methods UV measuring beads, UV measuring p…
Earth & Environmental Sciences
Objectives My objective was to determine if the retention time of the wastewater from the Arcata Wastewater Treatment Plant (AWTP) and the Eureka Wastewater Treatment Plant (EWTP) affected t…