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:
"Pesticides and the Coral Reefs" by Sihao Qian, Age 16, China
Pesticide residues from agriculture flow into the ocean through rivers, and this type of harmful chemical pollutes the sea and kills many marine organisms. One of the biggest victim is the coral reefs. The fishers use pesticides as baits to catch the fish, and many hooks are scattered in the ocean. This not only causes overfishing, but also pollutes the ocean. In the top half of the drawing, the ocean has been contaminated with pesticides, so the surrounding coral reefs are bleaching and dying. In contrast, healthy marine life lives in the bottom half of the drawing, which is the unpolluted ocean. Ocean are not only an indispensable part of nature, but also the common wealth of mankind. I hope we can work together to protect our beautiful ocean.
