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ISEF · 2019
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) has complied priority list in 2001 called the “Top 20Hazardous Substances” as The heavy…
ISEF · 2019
Earth and Environmental Sciences
There have been reports/experiments showing the greater wax moth (Galleria melonella) can decompose polyethylene. There are two species of wax moth and the lack of attention to the lesser wa…
ISEF · 2019
Earth and Environmental Sciences Third Award
PM2.5, particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter less than 2.5 µm, contributes greatly to current cardiorespiratory complications. Hence, the importance of modeling and predicting PM2.…
ISEF · 2019
Earth and Environmental Sciences
An inquiry worthy of primary investigation in this project concerns the formation of an alteration halo around the alkaline magmatic center of Cripple Creek and Victor as a result of Oligoce…
ISEF · 2019
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The purpose of this research was to determine the sustainability of algae-based bioplastics as alternatives to petroleum-based plastics. In Part I of experimentation, four different algae sp…
ISEF · 2019
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Air pollution is caused by the release of chemical substances or plant residues that are emitted by various sources that release them into the environment. In Chile, the Chilean Air Quality…
ISEF · 2019
Earth and Environmental Sciences
PURPOSE: The Purpose of my project was to analyze microbial growth in Lake Elsie. PROCEDURE:1)Collect water and muck samples from 4 different locations on Lake Elsie 2) Take to greenhouse to…
ISEF · 2019
Earth and Environmental Sciences
When road salt is applied in the winter, it washes into the ditches and the watershed. Salt can be harmful to plants and organisms. Our goal was to apply natural soil amendments to switchgra…
ISEF · 2019
Earth and Environmental Sciences Third Award
Experiment Purpose Inside the earth’s mantle, chemical reactions take place between different rocks via a fluid-rock reactions which in turn influence their chemical properties. These reacti…
ISEF · 2019
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Accreted marine ice is present under Antarctica's Amery Ice Shelf (AIS). This study provides a new estimate of accreted marine ice thickness under the outer AIS using ice penetrating radar (…
ISEF · 2019
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Globally, over 200 million people are affected by arsenic contaminated water. Moreover, groundwater from tube wells has often been found to be contaminated with arsenic, which if ingested, m…
ISEF · 2019
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
Less than 1% of the world’s water is accessible as a public water source. Approximately 40% of our population experiences water scarcity. This is expected to grow to 66% within a decade, lea…
ISEF · 2019
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The purpose of the project is caused by improvements of an ecological situation. Every year the volume of color metal waste increases and it still causes a number of problems. Searching for…
ISEF · 2019
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Continuously occupying Europe and western Asia for 300 millennia, Neanderthals survived three major glacial periods there and invented more efficient methods to flake Middle Paleolithic (MP)…
ISEF · 2019
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The purpose of this project was to determine whether lichens could serve as viable bioindicators of the presence of metal pollutants. Lichens are known sulfur dioxide air quality indicators.…
ISEF · 2019
Earth and Environmental Sciences Third Award
Flood forecasting in India is carried out by the determination of the water level at flood forecasting stations. The level forecasts are issued once water levels in a station reach a predefi…
ISEF · 2019
Earth and Environmental Sciences
There are numerous challenges facing today’s construction industry. The usage of natural fiber in construction is widely used in building materials engineering. This research is based on qua…
ISEF · 2019
Earth and Environmental Sciences
This experiment was conducted in order to investigate the pesticidal capabilities of oil derived from neem (Azadirachta indica), chinaberry (Melia azedarach), and Eastern red cedar (Juniperu…
ISEF · 2019
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The purpose of this project is to test the effectiveness of a new experimental idea combining nanotechnology and magnetism to separate oil spills from water. Hypothesis: If an oil-based ferr…
ISEF · 2019
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Lead contamination in water systems is responsible for widespread chronic diseases around the world. Especially in underdeveloped countries, where lead contamination is prevalent, a cost-eff…
ISEF · 2019
Earth and Environmental Sciences
There are 1.1 billion people who lack access to freshwater globally. Harvesting moisture from the air is an innovative way to alleviate the freshwater crisis. Torrey Pine tree needles are we…
ISEF · 2019
Earth and Environmental Sciences Third Award
Antibiotic pollution in soils and groundwater is one of the world’s most pressing problems. There are 1.4 micrograms of antibiotics per liter of freshwater and 125,000 tons of antibiotics po…
ISEF · 2019
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The progressive adoption of urban, industrial lifestyle deteriorated the quality of freshwater reservoirs and caused a huge challenge in the world in maintaining the demand and quality of wa…
ISEF · 2019
Earth and Environmental Sciences
In just one hour, more than 600,000 g are released into the Puget Sound area of Washington State; this is caused by a multitude of vehicles braking tens of thousands of times an hour, releas…
ISEF · 2019
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Removing carbon dioxide (CO2) from mixed gas streams is vital for industrial flue gas remediation, fuel gas refining, and chemical production. Existing liquid amine technology is hampered by…
ISEF · 2019
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Emissions caused by burning of fossil fuels have tremendously increased acid deposition on earth in the form of sulphuric and nitric acids along with rain, fog, mist and snow badly affecting…
ISEF · 2019
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Coral reefs are one of the most diverse ecosystems in the world. With the use of motor boats, gasoline is being emitted into the ocean everyday at an alarming rate. The objective of this stu…
ISEF · 2019
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Eniac Se’avarador, a new environmental-friendly technology is innovated mainly to monitor the quality of water for agriculture use. However, the focus of this innovation is on the alkalinity…
ISEF · 2019
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Microplastics, plastics under 5 millimeters in diameter, are becoming an increasingly problematic aspect of water pollution for both humans and the environment. There is an estimated micropl…
ISEF · 2019
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Introduction The purpose of this experiment is to bring awareness to air pollution. In recent years news reportings on severe wildfires, such as the California and Texas wildfires, has focus…