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Team: Roos, Jutta, Leonie and Sarah

Belgium 16 years old, 17 years old   3, 1 / 4

Project title:

Resilience: research on growth of vegetation after a forest fire

Research question

What is the impact of ashes of burnt organic material on germination and growth of plants?

Identify the local environmental/climate problem you want to investigate

Over the past century, the concentration of greenhouse gases has increased significantly, mainly due to human activities such as the burning of fossil fuels, deforestation and intensive agriculture. Forest fires are partly caused by deforestation, but climate change is increasing their size and frequency. Many plant and animal species will suffer due to habitat loss. However, the ashes of burnt organic material could be beneficial for plant regrowth. We investigated the effect of ashes on two plants species: spider plant (Chlorophytum comosum) and ball thistle (Echinops ritro).

Project topic

Wildfires

Describe how you plan to investigate the problem identified and which data you plan to analyse.

Your feedback

Expert feedback Phase 1 - 2023-2024
Is the suggested problem a problem that the students can actually investigate? Is it feasible, realistic? Please explain why or why not. Is the relation with climate/local environment worked out? Where necessary indicate the wider scientific context to which the identified problem belongs.