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ISEF · 2024
Earth and Environmental Sciences Second Award
As the third largest coral barrier reef system in the world, the Florida Keys is home to thousands of marine life species and faces a myriad of threats resulting in a 90% decline in healthy…
ISEF · 2024
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Amid the increasing threat of wildfires driven by extreme weather events, the imperative development of rapid and efficient fire prediction models becomes evident for successful evacuation,…
ISEF · 2024
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Biological control of pests and mosquitoes using indigenous fishes is an eco-friendly approach towards sustainable agriculture and health. Objectives: To collect and identify different indig…
ISEF · 2024
Earth and Environmental Sciences First Award
Microplastics have become a prevalent global environmental issue, with an estimated 75 trillion microplastics in the oceans today. MPs pose dangers to wildlife and cause serious health issue…
ISEF · 2024
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
Plastic pollution, with an annual human ingestion rate of approximately 1.38 million grams/per year, requires sustainable alternatives. The development of biodegradable bioplastics from alga…
ISEF · 2024
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Since the Industrial Revolution,an increasing amount of CO2 has resulted in:the Global Warming,the ocean acidification that affects the metabolism of the microalgae.The objective of this wor…
ISEF · 2024
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Marshes are known for their ability to filter pollutants, excess nutrients and disease-causing organisms from freshwater surface runoffs (Vernberg, 1993). This study evaluates whether simila…
ISEF · 2024
Earth and Environmental Sciences
This study explores the efficiency of microalgae for reduction of nitrogen pollution in wastewater, addressing global challenges in accessing safe drinking water. Chlorella vulgaris, Arthros…
ISEF · 2024
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Forecasting the intensity of tropical cyclones (TCs) is very important because it is directly associated with the potential damage from the storm. In order for forecasts to be accurate, ther…
ISEF · 2024
Earth and Environmental Sciences First Award
Nitrous oxide (N2O) is one of the largest contributors to the greenhouse effect (265x more greenhouse forcing than CO2) and is the largest contributor to ozone depletion in the 21st century.…
ISEF · 2024
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
Over the period from 2008 to 2022, the United States experienced 263 tropical cyclones in the Atlantic basin. The ability to accurately predict the track of tropical cyclones is essential fo…
ISEF · 2024
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Monitoring the global distribution and long-term series changes of the various oceanic carbonate parameters (e.g. pH, total alkalinity (TA), dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC), fugacity of CO2…
ISEF · 2024
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are chemical compounds widely used in consumer products and industrial applications, this contamination has ties to severe health risks such as ca…
ISEF · 2024
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Wastewater Injection is the practice of injecting leftover wastewater from industrial practices such as fracking and liquid and gas extraction operations underground. With the rise of these…
ISEF · 2024
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Smoke plumes produced by wildfires pose a threat to public safety. However, a lack of accurate real-time information on smoke plumes provided by current methods like satellite imagery leaves…
ISEF · 2024
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The UN recently reported on its global effort to improve access to clean and affordable drinking water, an issue made worse by changing climate patterns and poor wastewater infrastructure. O…
ISEF · 2024
Earth and Environmental Sciences Third Award
The tropical climate of Darwin, Northern Territory of Australia, is notorious for unbearable temperatures exceeding 32C (90F) daily. Often felt in indoor environments, this leads to heat exh…
ISEF · 2024
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Endophytes are a diverse group of fungi that can have a profound impact on plants in either a beneficial or detrimental way. They can have a symbiotic relationship with the host plants, or t…
ISEF · 2024
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The impact of the main inactive ingredient in sunscreens was tested on freshwater ecosystems using Daphnia magna as a model species. My previous experiments (2023) showed that "reef-friendly…
ISEF · 2024
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Environmental toxicity in the soil is a glaring issue due to its detrimental impacts on surrounding ecosystems, human health, and the economy. My investigation studied the toxicity levels of…
ISEF · 2024
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Water pollution poses a significant threat to aquatic ecosystems and human health. Sometimes chemical pollutants force algae to grow unstoppably and produce toxins, such as microcystin. Cert…
ISEF · 2024
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The development of this project involves the utilization of 3D modeling platforms like Unity 3D, augmented reality, and the integration of QR codes with smartphones and computers to enhance…
ISEF · 2024
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Plastic pollution affects the world: land, water, and air. It may take up to 500 years for certain types of plastics to biodegrade in the environment. This can be especially harmful to the b…
ISEF · 2024
Earth and Environmental Sciences Second Award
To combat marine biotoxin contamination that threatens California’s $15-million shellfish industry, this research establishes the first California Marine Biotoxin Management System (CABMS),…
ISEF · 2024
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…
ISEF · 2024
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…
ISEF · 2024
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…
ISEF · 2024
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…
ISEF · 2024
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…
ISEF · 2024
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…