Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals My project objective is to compare the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations at different times of the day in different locations of Los Angeles (LA) County. Th…
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals My objective was to measure the distribution of tree sizes in a secondary-growth Redwood forest to see if topography affects the distribution. I also used the distribution o…
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project was to measure the impact of a man made water source on the local wildlife. Further, the potential benefits of multiple water sources, spread throug…
Environmental Science
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Ground water pollution is a growing concern, not only nationally but globally as well. Many activities of developed and developing countries, with regard to agriculture, hav…
Environmental Science
Second Award
Objectives/Goals The Bornean orangutan, classified on the IUCN Red list as endangered since 1986, is threatened by illegal poaching and habitat loss due to logging. Borneo, one of the only t…
Environmental Science
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Urban runoff has become an increasing threat for marine organisms due to high toxicity levels, lower salinity and extra nutrients supplied from drain outflows. An experiment…
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals Determining the validity of two hypotheses using the best type of wood to burn and the worst type of wood to burn as concluded in the 1st year study: 1. If the atmospheric c…
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals The objective of this investigation is to inform Rubidoux resisdents about the water quality they consume and are being surrounded by. Methods/Materials -Four Water Sources…
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals Although benthic foraminifera are very common in the world ocean, little is known about how the shell size of benthic foraminifera responds to the surrounding environment. H…
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals The purpose of the experiment is to determine if an increase of temperature affects the life cycle of plants and animals. Also, how and why an increase of temperature does o…
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to compare the water quality of three cities located in Korea and U.S.A., specifically Gangneung, Seoul, and San Diego. Methods/Materials…
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals Stakeholders interested in preserving native plant communities do much to restore degraded habitats. They encourage us to employ native plants in our gardens because every s…
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine whether or not mussels shells are affected by relative acidification of their environment in order to collect more information about effects of…
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals Ocean acidification is the process of CO2 in the atmosphere reacting to ocean water to create carbonic acid, which then lower the pH of the water and results in the dissolut…
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals The ozone will be 100% in 2060 Methods/Materials Computer, large balloon, laser, wireless sensor, Helium, Weather patterns, old data charts, lunar chart, scientific assessme…
Environmental Science
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine the main growing conditions of Pampas Grass. Methods/Materials I conducted three different field study experiments. In my first experiment I wa…
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals ​In the ocean there are slow rotating whirlpools called gyres that#with the help of wind, currents, and the earth#s gravitational pull#have become a trap for billions…
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals The objective was to see whether natural plastic degraded faster than synthetic plastic. Methods/Materials The project was conducted in two phases: Phase 1 involved manufact…
Environmental Science
Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The experiment's intent was to find the effect of biodiversity (more specifically species diversity as measured by the Simpsons Diversity Index) on the overall health of an…
Environmental Science
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals My project investigated how the seeding style of a plant community affects the stomatal conductance and height of the Salvia apiana at the Loma Ridge restoration site. The p…
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals The practice of using greywater in home gardens is becoming more popular as a way to conserve water. While researchers have found that greywater has little effect on plants,…
Environmental Science
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective is to maximize the amount of Carbon dioxide taken in during photosynthesis by Red Mangrove plants in order to alleviate the problems caused by Global Warming.…
Environmental Science
Third Award
Objectives/Goals In 2014, the Hyperion Treatment Plant will divert its effluent from the 5-mile outfall to the 1-mile outfall. This diversion may cause increased phytoplankton growth, theref…
Environmental Science
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals While observing wildlife in San Diego County, it became apparent that some natural habitats are surrounded by noise from busy highways, railroads and flying aircraft. I wond…
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals In this generation, more people are trying to raise awareness to the three R#s: Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle. Humans create abundant amount of waste every day and have no othe…
Environmental Science
First Award
Objectives/Goals Globally one billion people lack clean drinking water. 3.4 million people die from water borne illnesses each year, making it the leading cause of death in the world. The pu…
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals This project was researched to unravel the secret of how water quality affects living organisms. The objective of this research project was to emphasize how water quality is…
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals Objectives and goals for this project were to investigate and fin the effects that petroleum oil have on plant life. Methods/Materials In this investigation 4 Antirrhinum Ma…
Environmental Science
Third Award
Objectives/Goals Objectives: My objective was to find out which earthworm best affected the soil (produced the best pH, N, P, and K levels). Methods/Materials Methods/Materials: I counted an…
Environmental Science
Conclusions/Discussion Ever since its contaminations were discovered in ground water in 1997, perchlorate (ClO4-) has become a growing threat to inhabitants in the Western states of US. Most…