Browse 58 real Environmental Analysis projects entered in 2014, with abstracts, awards and links to the original entries.
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine if water filtered through a Brita carbon-based water bottle filter is more effective at lowering levels of bromine and chlorine and maintaining…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Science Third Award
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project is to develop a DNA electrochemical biosensor for the detection of lead nitrate in aquatic ecosystems. First, lead nitrate is studied through electr…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals This study was designed to 1) determine the change in population of keystone microorganisms with an increase in aqueous carbon dioxide, and 2) determine possible connections…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Science Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The warmer weather and current drought in California can stimulate a rapid growth of algae, or algal bloom. This process is also accelerated by the contamination of nitrates…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Science Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Objective: The experiment was to measure the presence or absence of Escherichia coli (E.coli) in different samples of sand collected from different locations. It was expecte…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals Assess the levels of pollution in the fresnos rivers by testing and looking at the diversity of the macroinvertebrates. Methods/Materials After I selected three rivers I wad…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals Benthic macroinvertebrates (BMI) such as mayflies, stoneflies, and caddisflies are highly sensitive to fine sediment and other types of pollution. This is why regulators oft…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals The rapid rise of unnatural carbon dioxide is beginning to negatively impact our planet and will continue to do so. Biochar is a solution. The purpose of my project is to ma…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Science Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals In my experiment my goal was to find out if solar ovens are more reliable and more cost effective than other pasteurization methods. Methods/Materials My method was to make…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals Compostable utensils were made to reduce the ever-growing amount of landfill. However, it is not entirely clear about the compostability of compostable utensils and factors…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals The objective of the project was to determine which water source, between L.A River, Eaton Canyon, or Peanut Lake, was the least contaminated with bacteria, nitrate, and nit…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Science Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Sustainable energy never seemed so green. The use of cyanobacteria as a renewable energy source is highly innovative and current because the world has to look into new alter…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals This project explores a method of reducing the Urban Heat Island Effect, which has significant detrimental effects on densely populated cities. It is proposed that the addit…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals Over 100,000 wildfires burn between 4 to 5 million acres across the United States every year. Wildfires cause over $800 million worth of damage in California every year. Wha…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this science experiment is to study the effects of gas stations on the surrounding environment. My goal is to determine whether local gas stations and its sur…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals Our purpose was to ascertain whether or not parking lot and playground sediment contain compounds that can harm aquatic animals, and if they did, to determine the LC50 (or c…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals The objective of this research project was to study the effect of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch on the Phoebastria immutabilis population and to bring awareness to this gr…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals If I were to use the process of electrolysis to extract hydrogen gas from clean H2O, would that hydrogen be able to be used as a renewable energy carrier to make environment…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals This project measures how much bacteria, both living and non-living (the dependent variable), is present in the water sources tested (the independent variable). The purpose…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals California is in the midst of a drought. My project's objective was to determine natural fire-resistance of locally available plants. Methods/Materials Propane torch and bur…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals The objective of my experiment is to test the correlation between fracking waste water disposal wells and seismic activity. I hypothesize that I can show deep injection well…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals Do green roofs affect the internal temperature of houses and potentially help us conserve energy? Methods/Materials Build 5 16"x16"x8" wooden boxes without a top. Drill a ½#…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals My objective is to study how water quality indicators change before and after a Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) in Santa Cruz waters. Methods/Materials I obtained data from the So…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to bring awareness to water pollution and the importance of sea anemones in the environment. Methods/Materials Water samples were collected a…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine whether varying altitudes (the mountains-2185 meters, the Central Valley of California-113 meters, and the coast-5 meters) affect the aerial em…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals Ocean acidification and effects of climate change are important areas of research due to global impact. Ocean acidification occurs primarily because the ocean is a sink for…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals In our project we tested to see which type of wood would burn with less pollution. Our goal was to gather particulate matter and count the vivible ones . The type of wood wi…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Science Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to measure the effect of habitat type in a local stream on biodiversity according to the Shannon-Wiener Index for the following habitats: 1) s…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Science Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals My objective was to see if a bio-augmented design would increase the efficiency, as well as power production, of a Microbial Fuel Cell. Moreover, I aimed to analyze the exte…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Science First Award
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine whether TiO2 nanoparticle (n-TiO2) contamination in the growth medium adversely impacts E. coli growth or viability when exposed to light. Meth…