2022 Science Without Borders® Challenge Semi-Finalists: 11-14 year old students
The Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation is pleased to announce the semi-finalists in our 2022 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 actions people can take to protect coral reefs using a “Ridge to Reef”conservation approach.
Entries to the Science Without Borders® Challenge are judged in two categories based on age. Here are the semi-finalists selected from the younger group of applicants, students 11-14 years old:
"The Mangrove of Hope" by Erin Huang, Age 12, Taiwan
Mangroves and coral reefs have a symbiotic relationship. The mangroves help trap the pollutants in the water, providing a clean environment, nutritious water and oxygen for the corals. In turn, coral reefs help stabilize the shoreline and protect the mangroves from powerful storms and typhoons. A vast ocean surrounds the single mangrove tree that symbolizes the hope of survival for the coral reefs. The conservationists around the tree of hope are planting mangroves near the reefs to prevent them from bleaching. Mangroves and coral reefs are a perfect example of "Ridge to Reef" environmental care, just like humans and other life forms on Earth, we cannot survive without each other.
