Carlos Duarte, professor ecologist of sciences of seas and chair of Tareq Ahmed Al-Juffali for Red Sea Sciences Research Center at Jeddah-based King Abdullah University for Science and Technology (KAUST) has been awarded Frontiers of Knowledge prize on environment sciences and wildlife protection. The award was in recognition of the Portuguese professor's contribution in a number of international research campaigns endeavoring to enhance maritime environmental diversification and its role in the formation of all environments all through the world as well as his contribution to the Kingdom's ambitious vision 2030.