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Can Light Pollution Color Impact Melatonin in Mallows or Metamorphosis?

Earth and Environmental Sciences

Artificial light at night (ALAN) can disrupt wildlife seasonal phenology. Many animals produce melatonin, a hormone regulating circadian rhythms, in the dark. ALAN, especially from cool whit…

Chasing the Fading Night: Mapping Light Pollution Through Skyglow in Lincoln, Nebraska

Earth and Environmental Sciences (inferred)

The industrialization of our society has caused a number of problems for the natural environment. One of these problems is light pollution, which comes from excess and unwanted light from ar…

Clean Water: Analysis of Interfacial Tension Anionic Surfactant Effects on Evaporative Rate, Molecular Similarity Analysis, and Oil Spill Modeling

Earth and Environmental Sciences

Increasing pollution in large water bodies poses a significant threat to the availability of safe drinking water. As pollutants (surfactants) decrease interfacial tension, when a contaminant…

Comparison of Quantitative PCR and Metabarcoding Methods for the Enumeration of Sockeye Salmon Using Environmental DNA: Year 2 of an Ongoing Study

Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award

Planetary biodiversity is declining at alarming rates. Species conservation depends on knowing what species are present in an environment and in what quantities. A keystone species in Alaska…

Detention Basin Systems: Mitigating Stormwater in Hampden Heights and Its Implications on Cherry Creek Water Quality

Earth and Environmental Sciences

Sustainable urban planning is essential to the future of cities and the harmony of humans and the environment. Increased urban infrastructure creates more area of impermeable surfaces, leadi…

Determining the Most Effective Ratio of Natural Materials for Water Filtration

Earth and Environmental Sciences

This investigation addresses clean water insufficiency in marginalized communities by exploring the viability of natural materials for water filtration. It was determined whether different r…

Developing an Oil Spill Remediation System That Utilizes Ferrofluids' Polar-Incongruencies to Bind to Petroleum and Integrate It Into a System Primed for Magnetic Removal vs. Bagasse, Coconut Coir, and Pine Shaving Remediation Systems for Sustainable Energy Regeneration

Earth and Environmental Sciences

Cleaning oil spills is a significant problem, especially in open-water systems. Many current remediation methods are expensive, not entirely effective, or are more detrimental to the environ…

Developing a Novel Wildfire Spread Prediction Model Using Spatio-Temporal Analysis and Time-series Forecasting

Earth and Environmental Sciences

The late 20th and early 21st centuries have been marked by significant global climate change resulting in many environmental disasters. Specifically, the recent increase in both frequency an…

Development and Application of Water Quality Detection Method Based on Smartphone Color Recognition

Earth and Environmental Sciences

With water playing a fundamental and irreplaceable role in everyday life, water quality monitoring is crucial for preserving the aquatic ecosystem and ensuring a sustainable planet for the f…

Development of Multiparametric Microfluidic Chip Focusing on Water Quality Monitoring

Earth and Environmental Sciences Third Award

This research addresses the widespread issue of drinking water contamination in resource-constrained areas. We propose using cost-effective multiparameter microfluidic chips to assess water…

Ecofriendly Design and Fabrication of a Microalgae-Based Sponge to Efficiently Remove Oil From Water for Environmental Remediation

Earth and Environmental Sciences Second Award

Oil spills continue to affect millions of families yearly. Significant research has gone into the development of both organic and inorganic solvents. However, the issue with these sorbents i…

Effect of Burn Scars on Macroinvertebrate Biodiversity

Earth and Environmental Sciences

Biodiversity contributes to ecosystem stability and provision of favorable living conditions. One approach to increase biodiversity involves implementing restoration activities, such as burn…

Effect of Different Plastic Films and Foams on the Fitness of Superworms

Earth and Environmental Sciences (inferred)

Polyethylene (PE) and polystyrene (PS) are the most commonly used plastics in industrial and consumer products, but few natural organisms can break down the substances. As a result, it takes…

Effect of Sodium Chloride on the Growth of Taro (Colocasia esculenta)

Earth and Environmental Sciences

As a result of climate change and sea level rise, low lying areas in the Pacific are vulnerable to saltwater intrusion: the movement of saline water into freshwater. This increases the soil’…

Effects of Road Runoff on Arugula

Earth and Environmental Sciences

Many row crop fields are near highways, dirt roads, and section lines. This leaves the crops at risk for being contaminated by pollutants from road runoff. The purpose of our project was to…

Eichhornia crassipes (Water Hyacinth) as a Phytoremediator of Heavy Metals Copper (Cu), Lead (Pb), and Zinc (Zn) in Freshwater Bodies

Earth and Environmental Sciences

The heavy metals lead (Pb), copper (Cu), and zinc (Zn) cause an alarming combination of environmental and health problems (Zheng ,2023). Using the Eichhornia crassipes plant, a hyperaccumula…

Enhancing Accessibility Through Innovative Utilization of Cow Bones: A Novel Approach for Water Filtration

Earth & Environment: Air/ Water Fourth Award

Enhancing Carbon Sequestration of Sedum Acre by Integrating Silica-Composited Biochar: A Novel and Sustainable Bioremediation Approach to Mitigate Climate Change

Earth and Environmental Sciences

Biofuels are critical in combating the global climate crisis while providing increasing energy security. However, the current application of biofuels solely emphasizes the utilization of Bio…

Examining Quaternary Ammonium Compounds (QAC) Content in Varying Saltwater Solutions

Earth and Environmental Sciences (inferred)

With the Coronavirus pandemic, the use of disinfectants has become more commonplace. These various chemicals, specifically quaternary ammonium compounds, often get washed down the drain and…

Experimental Investigation of Phytodesalination and Growth Rate of Duckweed (Lemna minor) in Salt Water Hydroponics and Developing a Generalized Linear Model for Desalination

Earth and Environmental Sciences

Less than 1% of the Earth’s water, a nonrenewable resource is accessible as fresh water to us. Global warming, industrialization and exponential growing human population is exacerbating food…

Exploring Seasonal Habitat Use by Juvenile Fish Species in Algoa Bay, South Africa Using Remote Underwater Video Surveillance

Earth and Environmental Sciences

This research was undertaken to study the behaviour and the use of different habitats by juvenile fishes within the shallow areas of Algoa Bay. Although some researchers have studied the sha…

Exploring the Environmental Impact of Copper II Sulfate on Dugesia tigrina and Lemna minor

Earth and Environmental Sciences

Geological deposits, volcanic activity, and weathering, along with mining, agriculture, and manufacturing are some of the many ways copper gets into waterways. Copper is one of the most toxi…

Ferrofluid Extraction of Microplastics

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…

Finding an Accessible, Environmentally Friendly Solution to Water Purification II: Testing the Effectiveness of Aloidendron barberae and Bambusa dolichomerithalla as Natural Coagulants on Heavy Metal and SOC Concentration Using Spectrophotometry / AAS

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,…

Fire Impactology: Modeling and Estimating the Impact of Wildfire Emissions on Public Health

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…

FloodCast: Predicting Floods and Their Socioeconomic Impacts Through Deep Learning Neural Networks and Regression

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…

Flood Mitigation of Tarlac City Through 3D Simulation of Groundwater Discharge to Flood Inundation Using Rainfall Prediction and Integration of Spatio-Temporal GIS in Hydrodynamic Models

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…

Forecasting Domoic Acid Levels From Harmful Algal Blooms Along the Pacific Northwest Coast

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…

Forecasting Post-Wildfire Vegetation Recovery in California Using a Convolutional Long Short-Term Memory Tensor Regression Network

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…

Forecasting the Future: A Predictive Modeling Approach to Deciphering Climate Change’s Impact on US County-Level Soybean Yields

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…