Right now, as you read this online, you are utilizing the great benefits of rare earth elements. This also goes for when you use your...

This past weekend, Clearwater Innovation attended the 2025 Barrio Logan Science and Art Expo, an annual science and art fair. At the...

Over 60% of Americans believe that they are recycling poorly. [1] And nearly 50% have trouble identifying what is compostable with almost...

By 2050, the world’s oceans will contain more plastic than fish.  But I’m sure you know that already, or have heard something similar...

Every day as we walk outside, we feel the weather getting hotter, and more humid. But most of us just shrug it off and put a silent...

The mining of fossil fuels has always been a slippery slope, but with the rise of fracking, there may be a bigger impact than previously...

Hunting otters, fishing mass amounts of their food, and spilling oil in their homes since the 1900s; how badly does our world want to...

We’ve all had those moments when we are deliberating between options for a product. Should you buy the wipes in a white container or an...

For those living on the US-Mexico border, daily life is tainted by the noxious stench of human waste and toxic chemicals leaching in from...

This past week, Clearwater Innovation members Kyle Tianshi and Leanne Fan were youth keynote speakers at SEMICON West, a renowned...

As a competitor on the national high school Public Forum debate circuit, I spend many hours each month poring over the pros and cons of...

As the world approaches 1.5 degrees Celsius in warming by 2030, policymakers must start making carbon-aware policy decisions. The UN...

Humans now inhabit over twice the amount of flood-prone land compared to four decades ago. [1] As we expand along coasts and into...

Every plastic bag has a story. It begins in a plastic factory, where tubs of molten polyethylene are blown through a tube and cut into...

In 2020, Governor Gavin Newsom unveiled an executive order that represented California’s most ambitious move in its crusade to combat...

If you’ve ever been inside a shopping mall, you’ll notice the brightly-clad mannequins inside storefronts, the racks of bold clothing,...

Mount Soledad is constantly under construction. When driving through Via Capri or La Jolla Scenic Drive, one can’t help but notice...

Frog populations have been rapidly declining across the world. Each year, frogs lose 3.79 percent of their population. A global map of...

Every time a faucet is turned on in your home, water rushes through a network of unseen pipes, driven by pressure so you can use it to...

With the rise of new technologies, we have been gradually lighting up our world. However, these indulgences place not only a burden on...

Microplastics are commonly defined as any plastic fragment less than 5 mm in length. They originate from numerous sources: they’re...

What exactly is groundwater? Like the name suggests, groundwater is found in cracks of soil, sand and rock in the Earth, comprising...

Nearly 60 hours in the making, this is Kevin Kan's comic of a robot who comes to life on a deserted beach.

Throughout its history, Africa has seen several periods of prolonged and extreme droughts across the continent that, along with...

“Cotton is the most widespread profitable non-food crop in the world.” (1) The plant is found in nearly every article of clothing, from...

The delta smelt is a little three-inch silvery blue fish that lives in the San Francisco Bay and the San Joaquin Delta, and its declining...

The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 through Nov. 30, and it’s already been a rough one: 12 named storms, including fierce...

We’ve all heard about the concept of climate change–the earth is getting warmer as greenhouse gasses trap heat in the atmosphere,...

Kiribati is an island country made up of a chain of 33 islands in Oceania (the central Pacific Ocean). Though picturesquely beautiful and...

Day Zero–the term coined for the date when a city runs out of water. All taps connected to homes and businesses are shut off. Each...

Do you know what the biggest salt lake in the western hemisphere is? It’s the Great Salt Lake, located in northwestern Utah....

If you have a lawn in your backyard, you know that maintaining a perfectly uniform and green field of grass is incredibly hard. If you...

By Kyle Tianshi, Grade 10 The San Bernardino National Forest is one of nature’s finest miracles–a lustrous unpolluted sky over 800,000...

By Emma Li, Grade 12 At this point, “the coronavirus” is probably the most famous household name of them all. Emerging in a series of...

By Ryan Zhao, Grade 7 Imagine landfills piling up with trash and animals going extinct. The cause of this would in part be because we...

By Samhita Pokkunuri, Grade 8 By the title, I presume you think that this blog has something to do with osmosis, reverse osmosis, and...

By Sidor Clare, Grade 9 Water pollution is created when damaging substances, usually microorganisms or chemicals, enter and contaminate...

By Samhita Pokkunuri, Grade 8 Have you ever considered what happens to the world around you when you forget to turn off the sink or spend...

By Zoe Xu, Grade 11 Enter a McDonald’s anywhere in America and you can buy a cheeseburger for a dollar. Americans eat approximately 0.6...

By Ryan Zhao, Grade 7 In this world, not many things are permanent, and water definitely isn’t one of them. With our current water...

By Grace Sun, Grade 10 “Water is essential to all of us living on Earth, whether we’re plants, animals, or humans.” This is said so often...

By Joanna Hou, Grade 12 As the winter storms swept through Texas, residents were left without several resources, including much needed...

By Ainsley Jackman, Grade 12 Despite the growing conversation around water scarcity, most of the developed world has only an abstract...

By Katelin Sung, Grade 8 As you sit, sipping your drink from a plastic straw, you’re most likely dreaming about what you’re going to have...

By Emma Li, Grade 11 Following the climactic 2020 election season, it seems prudent to look back on the decisions made by the Trump...

By Grace Tseng, Grade 9 For decades, plastic has been produced and disposed of at alarming rates, which has been greatly detrimental to...

By Sidor Clare, Grade 9 Conserving water is a big deal. Water is a life-sustaining resource that is running out. It can be overwhelming...

By Hans Yang, Grade 9 Gregory Slade stood in front of his vehicle, silently observing the secluded nature retreat he owned for years- a...

By Emma Li, Grade 11 Water is one of the most sought-after natural resources in the world. Despite its seeming abundance on Earth, our...

By Renee Wang, Grade 9 Although most avid golfers have noticed the small, black, and unassuming sprinkler heads scattered across the lush...