Update: We were contacted by a member of the Haida people, who had this to say: "...what the lame stream media and the vaccinating scum of the UN. aren't telling you is this area is a DEAD ZONE..there is no life in the ocean there (and yes I have been there 300 miles off shore from the Queen Charlotte Is.)..What my vision and maybe that of my ancestors have been haunting me with is to seed this area start a plankton bloom that will feed Krill that will in turn feed whales and salmon and return our mother Pacific back to health and the creators creatures she supports. One thing for sure the Haida didn't make the dead zone..but we sure the hell have the cajones and the resolve to fix it..."
A private company backed by a controversial U.S. businessman has unilaterally conducted the world's most significant geoengineering project to date. Russ George, in conjunction with a First Nations village on Haida Gwaii, has dumped around 100 tonnes of iron sulphate into the Pacific Ocean in a technique known as ocean fertilization. The experiment, which is in violation of two United Nations moratoria, has outraged environmental, legal, and civic groups.
The iron sulphate was dumped into the Pacific back in July, but recent satellite images are now confirming its effects — an artificial plankton bloom that's 10,000 square kilometers (3,861 square miles) in size. The intention of the project is for the plankton to absorb carbon dioxide and then sink to the bottom of the ocean. George is hoping to cash in on lucrative carbon credits.
