Inside the drama and excitement at the NatGeo Geo Championships

The “Navigators,” a team from Flushing, New York, took home the top prize for their design for a filtration device that would fit on the front of a boat and filter microplastics out of the Hudson River.

“We came up with our idea because we wanted to clean up the microplastics that are filling up the river,” said Natanel Rozic, a 10-year-old team member.

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