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:
"Euphoria" by Celine Yang, Age 14, Republic of Korea
Through the land and sea, every aspect of our ecosystem is interconnected. Unfortunately, as time passes, humans created problems such as climate change and ocean acidification have risen, affecting many coral reefs and marine lives underwater. In order to portray the passing of time, an ancient building was added. In old times, when humans hadn’t had destroyed the environment, the reefs were alive and animals such as dolphins and turtles were abundant. This contrast in color between the reefs and the ancient building illustrates the differences between the colorful reefs and the humans who are causing problems to marine life. The ridges on the top of the drawing represent the land, showing how human-made disturbances are overshadowing our marine life today. Time in the past was full of marine life with an amplitude of reefs and animals, but human-made problems are overshadowing this euphoria.
