Rogue Geoengineer Dumps 100 Tons Of Iron Off Canada's West Coast
Algal Blooms Along Canada's West Coast Left: George dumping iron into the ocean (via New Energy Times). Right: This August 2012 NASA satellite data shows relatively high concentrations of chlorophyll as yellows and oranges in the region of the Pacific where George claims to have dumped more than 100 tons of iron. Giovanni/Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center/NASAGeoengineering is always controversial, but it's even more controversial when you don't tell anyone first. The very idea of geoengineering--large-scale tampering with the planet's natural climatological or geological systems to produce a desired effect--is brazen enough, but doing so in violation of two UN conventions is flat-out ballsy. That's the word we would use to describe California businessman Russ George (we've profiled George's thwarted geoengineering efforts previously) who in July dumped more than 100 tons of iron sulfate into the Pacific in an effort to capture carbon from the air and sink...