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:
"Coral Reefs are Suffering" by Yanjun Mao, Age 13, China
"Everything in this world is connected, and we sometimes ignore the connections between things, Especially ignoring the connection between nature and humans, Nature is alive, the self-protection ability of nature is actually very fragile, like the shell of an egg, if not destroyed, the natural scenery is very beautiful, but it is a pity that the shell is destroyed, The water flowing down from the high mountains was originally very pure, but human's overexploitation has made the clear water slowly become a highway, and the beautiful mountains gradually become high-rise buildings. While the polluted water flows into the ocean, the beautiful coral reefs can not hide, but can only bear. Divers represent human beings. Human activities not only harm coral reefs, but also human beings. We cannot wait for the fragile shell of nature to be completely destroyed before we realize the importance of protecting the environment and coral reefs."
