2009 Contest Winners

Photography Contest

A chunk of melting ice recovered from a mountainous area.
ESW 2009 Contest Photography Winner (Michael Badding)

Michael Badding of East Amherst, New York won first place in this year’s Earth Science Week photo contest with his photo of a chunk of melting ice recovered from a mountainous area.

Submissions illustrated the theme “How Climate Shapes My World”. Submissions could include print or digital photographs.

Finalists

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ESW 2009 Contest Photography Finalist (Alexandra Cichon)

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ESW 2009 Contest Photography Finalist (Ari Moskowitz)

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ESW 2009 Contest Photography Finalist (Joseph Maa)

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ESW 2009 Contest Photography Finalist (Tanya Morgan)

Visual Art Contest

Comparing landscapes, average sea levels, wildlife, and other climate indicators today and 100,000 years ago.
ESW 2009 Contest Visual Art Winner (Taylor Jae Scott)

Taylor Jae Scott of Portsmouth, New Hampshire won first place in the Visual Arts contests with a collage comparing landscapes, average sea levels, wildlife, and other climate indicators in his area today and 100,000 years ago.

Students in grades K-5 made a drawing, collage or other 2-dimensional piece of artwork illustrating the theme “The Climate Where I Live.”

Finalists

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ESW 2009 Contest Visual Art Finalist (Axl Avenido)

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ESW 2009 Contest Visual Art Finalist (Chris Carchi)

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ESW 2009 Contest Visual Art Finalist (Damon Perkins)

Essay Contest

Changing Seasons on Long Island

Our climate and weather conditions constantly hint at Earth’s eternal dance with the Sun in space. The cool autumn climate of beautiful coastal Long Island in New …

Shreyas Havaldar

Shreyas Havaldar of Dix Hills, New York won first place in the Earth Science Week essay contest with his writing about the climate and changing seasons on Long Island.

Students grades 6-9 addressed this year’s Earth Science Week theme “Climate Connections” Essays were no more than 300 words in length.

The views and assertions presented in essays are neither endorsed by nor reflect the positions the American Geosciences Institute.

Finalists

ESW 2009 Essay Contest

The biosphere of Stratford is affected by our climate because only certain plants and certain animals can live here. Some can only live here for a portion of the year. We have …

Climate Connections

Idaho has many geographic landscapes, including mountains, valleys, and plains. The state is divided into four different climatic regions: northwestern, central, southeastern, and …

Climate Connections

Over the past 5 million years, changing climates contributed to the evolution of humans. Earth’s relationship with the long term carbon-cycle is changing slowly and hence …

The Effects of Climate

Climate is, as defined by the Merriam Webster dictionary, the prevailing influence or environmental conditions characterizing a group or period. Climate is connected and …

International Year of Planet Earth and Earth Science Week 2009 Photography Contest

A geology student examining soft sediment deformation during a field trip near the Guadalupe Mountains in west Texas.
Contest Photography Winner (Amy Spaziani)

Amy Spaziani, a geoscience graduate student in Baton Rouge, Louisiana is the first-place winner of this year’s International Year of Planet Earth-Earth Science Week photography contest. Spaziani’s photograph shows a geology student examining soft sediment deformation during a field trip near the Guadalupe Mountains in west Texas.

The contest was open to anyone of any age around the world. The theme was “Exploring Earth Science around the World.” Submissions could include print or digital photographs.