Browse 37 real Environmental Analysis projects entered in 2016, with abstracts, awards and links to the original entries.
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Science First Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to confirm the correlation between CO2 concentration and average global temperature and to create a simple climate model that can accurately p…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Science Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to determine the water quality of the Santa Ana River as a result of the effluent flowing through the water treatment plant located next to t…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Science First Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to determine the sound level variation between time periods and between zoning in a rural and urban interface in Northern Coastal Californ…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Science Second Award
Objectives/Goals The objectives of this project are to: Deliver near-real-time global plant productivity information from NASA's OCO-2 satellite to average farmers and researchers. Assist fa…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals Black bears strip the bark off conifers and eat the cambium as a food source. I wanted to determine if a redwood forest regenerating from a clear cut would create favored co…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals Ocean acidification is a worldwide problem that concerns ocean life and it is caused by the excess carbon dioxide that comes from factories, cars, electricity and more. Many…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals The goal of my project is to see if there is less cyanobacteria in the middle of Pinto Lake, or in the water near the dock's side during a cyanobacteria bloom. Methods/Mater…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals The purpose was to observe and measure the decomposition of natural alternatives to polystyrene products. The plastics were made with starches or flours with natural ingredi…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals The goal of my project was to determine how the presence of a sea lion carcass on the beach affected the number of bacteria in the soil below. I predicted there would be mor…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to discover the effects of ash contamination on California water systems. I am testing this due to the ash left over from recent forest f…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to determine if the source and size of airborne particulate matter (PM) can affect precipitation rates. While conservative water usage is an i…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals Near where I live is a creek called Cottonwood Creek, which has been plagued with high nutrient and bacterial levels. This contamination has been addressed by two methods: a…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Science Third Award
Objectives/Goals The 2015-2016 El Niño is predicted to be one of the strongest of its kind since it its devastating 1997-1998 occurrence. This project uses Morisita-Horn Index (Morisita's) a…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Science Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of our project is to compare atmospheric inversion events in the San Lorenzo Valley during El Nino and non El Nino years, and to identify the differences in atmo…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals The objective was to determine if bad air quality, bad water quality, and toxic mold could increase the risk factor of a person getting a brain tumor. Methods/Materials Comp…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals In our project, we wanted to address the worldwide crisis of pollution, so we investigated the effect of pH levels on underwater plants. By doing this, we would be able to a…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals To determine the effects of chemically treated seeds on the quality of the soil, using the characteristics of moisture, acidity, and quantity of nitrogen, phosphorus, and po…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals In San Diego, we all live relatively close to the ocean and therefore we have to make sure we are taking care of it. I discovered people are concerned about copper pollution…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Science Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals I wanted to find out how well plants grew back after a fire. The reason I did this project was to investigate how the aftermath of a fire should be handled and how people ca…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Science Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The implications of ocean acidification on marine organisms, specifically intertidal relationships, are vast. As the acidity of ocean waters increases, we find severe impact…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Science Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to test how exposure to pesticide, fertilizer, oxybenzone sunscreen, zinc oxide reef safe sunscreen, or acidity at different concentrations…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals The standard protocol that scientists are using to create more rain for drought affected areas is through cloud seeding. Cloud seeding has become extremely popular lately in…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to determine if there are microplastics in Santa Cruz ocean waters on Monterey Bay Marine Sanctuary. I decided to do this after reading about…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Science Second Award
Objectives/Goals I studied the number and type of species (native vs. non-native) that grew in burned and unburned areas after fire in Coastal Sage Scrub (CSS). I looked in detail at the rec…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Science Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Analysis of the contaminants present in potable domestic water sources. Methods/Materials Tested domestic water sources for contamination by using LaMotte testing kits. Wate…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals The objective of my study is to determine whether the species and/or location of fish has an affect of the radiation levels found within. Methods/Materials Vernier Labpro, V…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Science Third Award
Objectives/Goals During times of drought the water table drops due to excessive groundwater pumping; this leads to an increase in water salinity. This study is to determine what level of sal…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to determine the area in the Temecula Valley whose stellar visibility was most affected by skyglow. Methods/Materials Three (3) locations of…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to determine whether a person can drink water straight from the river safely, without the water having to be purified. Methods/Materials Russi…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine whether the average temperature in an urban environment is greater than in a natural, non-urban environment because of the man-made materials u…