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 · 2025
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The purpose of this investigation is to determine if there is a relationship between different coral species and their ability to adapt to heat. This experiment explores how corals might inc…
ISEF · 2025
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
Louisiana pipelines are made of many different materials as they were all built during different times where certain metals were optimal. These aging pipes can be hazardous to the community,…
AJAS · 2025
Earth and Environmental Sciences (inferred)
Droughts kill over 45,000 people yearly and affect the livelihoods of 55 million others, with climate change likely to worsen these effects. Despite this, researchers have struggled to dev…
ISEF · 2025
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
Arctic sea ice and permafrost are critical to global climate balance and bio-geophysical diversity. Recent CryoSat-2 satellite data indicates that ice thickness is depleting at the rate of 1…
AJAS · 2025
Earth and Environmental Sciences (inferred)
In spring 2015, the U.S. Pacific Coast experienced an unprecedented spike in domoic acid concentrations, surpassing federal safety limits by over 700% in parts of Washington State and trigge…
AJAS · 2025
Earth and Environmental Sciences (inferred)
As a major source of sea-level rise, iceberg melting increases freshwater input and can also cause regional water imbalances, scarcity, and natural disasters. In this paper, we use a more ac…
ISEF · 2025
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Coal Fly Ash (CFA) is a byproduct of burning coal. Only 60% of CFA is recycled with the remaining 40% potentially damaging the environment (ACAA, 2023). CFA is toxic because of heavy metals.…
ISEF · 2025
Earth and Environmental Sciences
This experiment consists of the waste of peanut shells being used to retain water and preserve cellulose fibers. The experiment aims to see if peanut shells can help retain the water in the…
ISEF · 2025
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Coastal erosion is a growing global crisis, threatening economies, ecosystems, and communities. Around the world, beaches are disappearing due to shifting wave patterns, rising sea levels, a…
ISEF · 2025
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Forests store large quantities of carbon globally. However, a decrease in the forest area is considered to contribute to global warming. Protecting forest ecosystems is vital for curbing glo…
ISEF · 2025
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Currently, 40% of the world's population is impacted by limited access to water resources, and conditions will only worsen due to climate change. This water scarcity endangers agricultural p…
AJAS · 2025
Earth and Environmental Sciences (inferred)
Water shortages are a global issue, now impacting North America, where cyanobacterial HABs pose the greatest threat to inland water quality. Each year the US alone incurs over $50 million in…
ISEF · 2025
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Wetlands are crucial to Earth, improving water quality, protecting against floods, and providing homes to hundreds of species. Wetland loss has increased by more than 50% in the US since 200…
ISEF · 2025
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
Approximately 98% of Americans have detectable levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in their blood. These “forever chemicals” have been recognized as emerging contaminants in…
ISEF · 2025
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Many consumer sunscreens contain potentially harmful chemicals to freshwater environments such as endocrine disruptors and carcinogens. Exposure to UV-filters has, over time, been shown to a…
ISEF · 2025
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Eutrophication poses serious threats to coastal ecosystems globally, highlighting the urgent need for innovative and sustainable wastewater treatment solutions under a changing climate. This…
ISEF · 2025
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Microplastics are tiny pieces of plastic that can end up in our water, making their way into rivers, lakes, and even the ocean. These small particles are a big problem because they dont brea…
ISEF · 2025
Earth and Environmental Sciences Second Award
Coral reefs are one of Earth's most valuable ecosystems, but they are in decline, fueling a surge of restoration activity across the global tropics. Yet, despite significant scientific advan…
ISEF · 2025
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Global Microplastic Pollution, an “Environmental Ticking Time Bomb”, is a significant and ongoing threat to the environment, world's water-quality, and human-health. Humans now ingest >5 gra…
ISEF · 2025
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Columnar jointing is a well-known feature of frozen magma flows. World-famous examples include the UNESCO world heritage site, the Giant's Causeway, UK. Columnar jointing can be divided into…
ISEF · 2025
Earth and Environmental Sciences
While climate change's environmental impacts are well recognized, its humanitarian impacts depend on complex interactions between climate and population factors. This study simulated land-us…
ISEF · 2025
Earth and Environmental Sciences
CO2 emissions are a critical global concern, particularly in urban and industrialized regions. Effective tracking of CO2 plumes is essential for understanding climate impacts and managing ai…
ISEF · 2025
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Climate changes that include ocean acidification and global warming are serious problems in the ecosystem, affecting marine phytoplankton, including Nannochloropsis oceanica. In the effort t…
ISEF · 2025
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Climate change comes in many forms, sometimes from unexpected sources. Manure management facilities are some of the most overlooked, yet consequential facilitators of climate change, contrib…
ISEF · 2025
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
Schistocerca gregaria (desert locust) is the world's most destructive migratory pest and a serious threat to food security. Existing locust-control tools use real-time field data to monitor…
ISEF · 2025
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Coral reefs stand as the ocean's last line of defense, a living barrier vital to the marine ecosystem, supporting approximately 25% of its biodiversity, and providing additional benefits to…
ISEF · 2025
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The large amounts of CO2 generated by human activities results in an increase in ocean acidity on a global scale (Hill, 2018). The ability to determine long-term open ocean acidification tre…
CSEF · 2025
Earth & Environment: Air/ Water Honorable_mention Award
ISEF · 2025
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Melatonin made by insects and plants regulates growth and development. Ecdysteroids like 20-hydroxyecdysone (20E) promote maturation, molting and butterfly emergence through oxidative stress…
ISEF · 2025
Earth and Environmental Sciences Second Award
Mycorrhizal fungi establish underground networks that form symbiotic relationships with almost all plant species and facilitate crucial ecological processes, but habitat degradation is their…