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ISEF · 2023
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Microplastic pollution was initially identified in 2004 as an issue that originated in the 1960’s. Microplastics are defined as plastics that are five millimeters or less in size, and the gr…
ISEF · 2023
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Plastics are everywhere, and have become one of the most useful, yet harmful products utilized worldwide. Over time, plastics break down into smaller microplastics that pose potential physic…
ISEF · 2023
Earth and Environmental Sciences Second Award
Passive daytime radiative cooling (PDRC) guarantees reducing the cost of space cooling in a variety of applications. However, commercialization issues still exist for the production of PDRC…
ISEF · 2023
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Ocean acidification is the evil twin of global warming! When carbon dioxide is absorbed by the ocean, it shifts the pH of the water to neutral. This phenomenon leads to detrimental damage to…
ISEF · 2023
Earth and Environmental Sciences Second Award
Wildfires are a crucial problem that greatly affects many living things, especially the loss of many plants and animal species. Over the years, there have been more frequent wildfires. Self-…
ISEF · 2023
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Estuaries are wetlands where freshwater from streams mixes with salt water from sea. Also known as “kidneys of our planet”- they are extremely productive environments that filter pollutants,…
ISEF · 2023
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The widespread use of plastics has raised concerns about their persistence in aquatic and terrestrial environments. Tiny plastic particles, microplastics, and nanoplastics which are generate…
ISEF · 2023
Earth and Environmental Sciences
This project assessed whether longleaf pine tree (Pinus palustris) ring widths varied with groundwater depth. If tree ring growth is related to groundwater depth, then pine trees in deeper g…
ISEF · 2023
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Microplastics (MPs) are everywhere in our daily lives, air, water, and the food chain. Research conducted around the world has confirmed the presence of MPs in water, salt, and other food th…
ISEF · 2023
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Swimming in natural water sources such as lakes, rivers, and beaches can expose individuals to harmful organisms and toxins, leading to sickness. The contamination of these water sources can…
ISEF · 2023
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
The diving behavior of the Macaca mulatta is a rare phenomenon that only a few scientific researchers have studied on. Previous studies have only regarded the diving behavior of the Macaca m…
ISEF · 2023
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The accumulation of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) along the aquatic food chain is understudied, with available studies mainly focused on the accumulation of nanoparticles in a single aquatic…
ISEF · 2023
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The bicarbonate buffer system–a series of equilibrium reactions that function in maintaining the oceans’ alkaline pH–has recently been unbalanced by human activity. Increased concentrations…
ISEF · 2023
Earth and Environmental Sciences
ABSTRACT Purpose: This project looked at the possible negative effect shotgun sports can have on the bioaccumulation of lead in Western Harvester ants. Ants have been observed collecting lea…
ISEF · 2023
Earth and Environmental Sciences Third Award
The increasing level of anthropogenic pollutants, particularly microplastics and artificial fertilizers, in the freshwater environment is currently intensely studied in the fields of ecology…
ISEF · 2023
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Microplastics have been spreading throughout the environment, are being incorporated into food webs and are even found in humans. It is critical that there is a system to remove microplastic…
ISEF · 2023
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Contributions to the advancement of technology for the betterment of our health will be a key component in allowing us humans to improve our quality of life and improve overall longevity. Th…
ISEF · 2023
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Agriculture is one of the main sources of food in American Samoa and one such common crop I will be using for my research is Okra. The food we have on the island is either imported or grown…
ISEF · 2023
Earth and Environmental Sciences Second Award
Natural catastrophe modeling allows for the evaluation of economic loss, property loss, and environmental damage during and after such an event. However, two central problems have arisen in…
ISEF · 2023
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Over the last 150 years, the average global temperature on Earth has rapidly increased. This detrimental impact has created–among others–widespread famine, the melting of ice caps, larger, m…
ISEF · 2023
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Over the course of the last forty years concern of the effects caused by indoor air quality on health has been increasing due to the ever-surging indoor based work environments and homes. Wi…
ISEF · 2023
Earth and Environmental Sciences Third Award
The research testifies whether superworms can biodegrade Polyurethane(PU) using the gut bacteria Pseudomonas. Also, the study examines how environmental factors of humidity of the surroundin…
ISEF · 2023
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
Worldwide, Climate change is increasing both the intensity of rainfall and the resultant flooding risk. Developed countries are addressing the problem by using forecast rainfall by combining…
ISEF · 2023
Earth and Environmental Sciences
This year, I studied if microplastics were present in cattle that graze off of farm fields that use plastic mulch. I have been studying microplastics for the past three years where I have st…
ISEF · 2023
Earth and Environmental Sciences
According to an UN survey on the environment, one million animal and plant species are threatened with extinction in the coming years due to the degradation of their natural habitat. In addi…
ISEF · 2023
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Grassland bird species are among the most vulnerable organisms in North America due to the reduction of available grassland habitat. Freshkills Park in Staten Island, NY, is an urban reclaim…
ISEF · 2023
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Planaria dorotocephala are flatworms that live in freshwater. Planarian have the ability to regenerate when injured or cut in half. Using FeHEDTA, a commercial herbicide, we tested if herbic…
ISEF · 2023
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Carbon dioxide (CO2) has gained importance in the last decade; large quantities of this toxic gas are stored in the atmosphere, altering the daily life of people and contributing to global w…
ISEF · 2023
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Cyanobacteria are one of the most primitive organisms to exist on Earth, catalyzing the shift in Earth’s atmosphere from carbon dioxide rich to oxygen rich. Cyanobacteria are able to perform…
ISEF · 2023
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Fertilizer runoff is a biohazard that impacts many freshwater ecosystems and has become increasingly detrimental in recent years. Lakes have experienced high rates of eutrophication resultin…