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2025-2026

Wetlands

Middle School Global Finalists

“Sustainable Restoration: Rebuilding the Coast and Our Future”

Aadya Pal & Calissa Nguyen

Juan Cabrillo Middle School, Santa Clara, CA

“Preventing Floods: Urbanizing with Wetlands”

Ellie Wang

Pine Lake Middle School, Sammamish, WA

“Wetlands”

Renu Haasini Venkat

Northeast Middle School, St. Louis, MO

“Better Than Bulkheads”

Navya Srivastava, Bradley Noble, Caden Nordean & Advay Marata

Trailside Middle School, Ashburn, VA

High School Global Finalists

“Wetland Salinization”

Audrey Dickinson & River Faust

Piedmont High School, Piedmont, CA

“Ready, Wet, Go!”

Leilani Dorilas

New England Innovation Academy, Marlborough, MA

“Implementing Bioengineered Algae Ecosystems to Combat CO2 Emissions as a Result of Wetland Loss”

Skylar Martinez, Aisling Caskey & Risha Naidu

Whitewater High School, Fayetteville, GA

“Rewrite the Way We Roam: Preserving Wetlands”

Libby Alon

Western High School, Davie, FL

“Wetlands Under Pressure”

Irina Shemyakina

International School of Latvia, Pinki, Latvia

“Restoring Wetlands: Microalgae-Based Remediation”

Jennifer Tang & Anna Sienkiewicz

Neuqua Valley High School, Naperville, IL

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