Blog | Varun Saikia

Overfishing, Conservation, Sustainability, and Farmed Fish

By Coty Perry As with many other aspects of government policy, overfishing and other fishing-related environmental issues are a real...

Meet Pavan Shield: An Algae Air purifier

Pavan shield is ideated, conceptualised, and prototyped by Varun Saikia for a school project. As a project leader, I had chosen Aayush...

Microplastics found in blood !!!!!

This is how this community in India are taking care of their precious turtle population ❤️

U.S. joins France in push for global treaty to cut ocean plastic pollution

United Nations – The United Nations, the U.S., and France have set their sights on forging an ambitious U.N. treaty to reduce the amount...

Every species in ocean affected by plastic pollution, menace on track to rise for decades

The review by Germany’s Alfred Wegener Institute, commissioned by environmental campaign group WWF, examined almost 2,600 research papers...

India's dolphins, gharials, spotted eagles face threat by ingesting plastic

A new report on Tuesday about plastic pollution and migratory species mapped hotspots and assessed its risk on migratory species in the...

A 12-Year-Old Develops A Machine To Remove Plastic From Water Bodies

In a fruitless rescue operation, a pilot whale died earlier this year in Thailand after swallowing more than 80 plastic bags that weighed...

Indian Teen Wins Prestigious Award for Water-Cleaning Innovation

He’s only 15-years old, but Varun Saikia is already making headlines. The Indian student recently won an Outstanding Achievement award...

Microplastics and algae tangle in the Great Lakes

Great Lakes algae is catching huge amounts of microplastics. Researchers found that one type of algae, which has greatly expanded its...