2022 Science Without Borders® Challenge Semi-Finalists: 15-19 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 of the ways people can use a ridge-to-reef approach to conservation to preserve coral reefs.
Entries to the Science Without Borders® Challenge are judged in two categories based on age. Here are the semi-finalists selected from the older group of applicants, students 15-19 years old:
"Beach Day" by Yelim Kim, Age 16, Republic of Korea
‘Beach Day’ reflects the domination of one-use products in the present world. The girl, wanting to enjoy a peaceful day in the beach, sits on her diving board in the midst of floating trash. While looking down at the contaminated ocean, she ponders how her beach day would look like without the trash. We already have been taught that the domination of one-use products posed as a threat to marine life. But the decline in fish population, especially the fish that consume algae, also have damaging effects on coral reef habitats. With more awareness and action taken to reduce one-use product usage, we could reverse ocean contamination and be a step closer towards a bright future. The bright sky in the center symbolizes the positive, yet to come future, anticipating that the girl may be able to one day enjoy a day in the beach without contamination.
