Marine Conservation Archives

Teen innovator Varun Saikia’s AI-driven Makara rids water bodies of plastic

by Charu Thakur | Mar 1, 2022

(March 1, 2022) The sight of a gasping pilot whale washed ashore in Thailand in 2018 left a 12-year-old Varun Saikia heartbroken. “I followed the news, and found that it died of starvation as her belly was full of plastic waste. It shook me. I knew I had to come up...

8-year-old Indian scuba diver Tharaagai Aarathana’s deep dive into marine conservation

by Charu Thakur | Feb 22, 2022

(February 22, 2022) “Pristine water, a school of colourful fishes swimming in synchronicity, a jellyfish floating away to the surface, and a dugong resting in water,” are some of eight-year-old Indian scuba diver and eco-crusader Tharaagai Aarathana’s...