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ISEF · 2024
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Overwhelming research shows microplastics are found in the environment, as well as in the majority of American fish, water, and even meats. While its long-term effects on humans and environm…
ISEF · 2024
Earth and Environmental Sciences
As a result of aggressive agrochemical use, urban sprawl, and industrialization, heavy metal and Synthetic Organic Compounds (SOC) pollution is predicted to increase at unprecedented rates,…
ISEF · 2024
Earth and Environmental Sciences
There are over 350,0 wildfires on Earth yearly with the impact of big territories and clear tendency to rise as the climate changes take place. Predictive estimates indicate tripling of the…
ISEF · 2024
Earth and Environmental Sciences Third Award
Floods are widely considered the most expensive natural disaster due to their destructive nature and severe societal repercussions. Thus, our research seeks to predict flood occurrences and…
ISEF · 2024
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The Philippines, ranking as the third most vulnerable nation to natural disasters on a global scale, faces escalating danger posed by typhoons and floods, resulting in significant human casu…
ISEF · 2024
Earth and Environmental Sciences Second Award
Here is the edited version: In spring 2015, the U.S. Pacific Coast experienced an unprecedented surge in domoic acid concentrations, exceeding federal safety limits by over 700% in some part…
ISEF · 2024
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The increasing wildfire frequency and size have posed growing challenges for re-establishing plants after wildfires, making the study of post-wildfire plant regrowth essential for creating e…
ISEF · 2024
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Given climate change's widespread impact on weather, it is vital to determine its effects on soybeans, a versatile crop, through yield predictions, to help tackle America’s food insecurity p…
ISEF · 2024
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The state of Indiana ranks first in the nation for water recreation impairments. Over 24,000 miles of water streams are polluted and potentially dangerous for human bodily contact. Routine w…
ISEF · 2024
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
The United States lost 4.22 million acres of forest in 2021 - equivalent to 775 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions. Remote sensing is the most common model used to monitor deforestatio…
ISEF · 2024
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Future climate trends threaten to disrupt sedimentation processes through changing precipitation patterns, affecting river discharge and sediment loads, and sediment runoff to coastal region…
ISEF · 2024
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Global discussions on environmental conservation are in the spotlight, mainly due to the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference, where a significant amount of US$ 186.6 million was al…
ISEF · 2024
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The goal of this project is to discover if there is a frequency that can be used to enhance the growth and activity of marine plants and systems, such as coral reefs. The purpose is to find…
ISEF · 2024
Earth and Environmental Sciences Third Award
The escalating scale of “Global Plastic Pollution” is leading to the omnipresence of Microplastics (MPs), negatively impacting the environment, world's water quality, aquatic organisms, and…
ISEF · 2024
Earth and Environmental Sciences Third Award
In this study, I use data science principles to analyze pesticide use and Parkinson's Disease (PD) incidence, internationally. Countries were clustered using DBSCANs, the k-means method, and…
ISEF · 2024
Earth and Environmental Sciences Third Award
Global soil carbon stock contains more than twice the amount of carbon found in Earth’s atmosphere. Soil respiration (Rs) is the emission of carbon dioxide (CO2) from soil microorganisms and…
ISEF · 2024
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The health of a watershed is multifaceted, encompassing physical, chemical, and biological aspects. In the Laguna Madre Watershed, significant landscape shifts have occurred, including the i…
ISEF · 2024
Earth and Environmental Sciences
In the state of Hawaii, large areas of land contain contaminated soils due to sugar cane plantations from the plantation era. This era impacted Hawaii’s soil as the plantations used many hea…
ISEF · 2024
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The effect of the different species of microalgae on the mass of the calcium carbonate chalk in carbonated modified seawater was studied to identify the ability of the microalgae on reducing…
ISEF · 2024
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The research conducted on Gracilaria tikvahiae seaweed as a biofilter for nutrient pollution in brackish water environments revealed promising results. Through a controlled simulation of nut…
ISEF · 2024
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
This Environmental Science project brings to light the real issues the Navajo People face from health concerns to pollution on their sacred lands in a unique and resourceful way. It investig…
ISEF · 2024
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Potato cultivation is a vital component of global agricultural production, and fungal diseases pose significant challenges to farmers. A vast majority of Pakistani potato growers are small-h…
ISEF · 2024
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The invasive spread of Coccinia grandis poses a significant threat to native vegetation in tropical regions, including Saipan and Guam, where it has been documented to cause serious damage.…
ISEF · 2024
Earth and Environmental Sciences Third Award
In 2023, more than 10,000 oil spills caused approximately 706 million gallons of oil to be spilled into the ocean, damaging the environment and costing billions of dollars in mitigation effo…
ISEF · 2024
Earth and Environmental Sciences
This project used mapping software (ArcGIS Pro and Online) to create wolf location maps. A Fond du Lac Resource Management Division wildlife biologist shared wolf location and road data with…
ISEF · 2024
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The CSIRO has provided the first-ever global estimate for microplastics on the seafloor, with results suggesting there are 14 million tonnes across our oceans (Natalie Kikken, 2020). Investi…
ISEF · 2024
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
Outdoor air pollution, specifically nitrogen dioxide (NO2), poses a global health risk. Land use regression (LUR) models are widely used to estimate ground-level NO2 concentrations by descri…
ISEF · 2024
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
The depletion of water resources and environmental hazards associated with aging oil wells, including the release of oil-contaminated water, present grave threats to marine ecosystems and hu…
ISEF · 2024
Earth and Environmental Sciences
With the effects of climate change, deserts continue to lose their desert crust, which increases the number and intensity of sand storms and creates other detrimental effects on the environm…
ISEF · 2024
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Pesticide destruction is a familiar term in the Midwest. Farmers and corn producers struggle to fight these root killers. The goal is to approach the problem from a different angle and find…