2021 Science Without Borders® Challenge Finalists: 15-19 year old students
The Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation is pleased to announce the finalists in our 2021 Science Without Borders® Challenge! This international student art contest engages students in important ocean issues through art. For this year’s competition, students were asked to illustrate one or more of the benefits mangroves provide to people, other organisms, or the environment.
Entries to the Science Without Borders® Challenge are judged in two categories based on age. Here are the finalists selected from the older group of applicants, students 15-19 years old:
"Mangrove Purifier" by Chaeeun Lee, Age 17, Massachusetts, United States of America
Artist's Statement: This painting shows mangrove trees being used to purify water. Mangrove trees are placed inside the water purifying system in order to function as the filters. To show that mangroves are effective in purifying polluted water, a person trying to drink the purified water is depicted.
