Geoengineering

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I was reading this article about a Haida First Nations group experimenting with geoengineering by dumping tonnes of iron into the Pacific Ocean in an effort to create a phytoplankton bloom which will theoretically help to filter carbon from the air and provide food for marine life.

http://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/b-c-geoen...-1.1013948

Is anyone here familiar with these sorts of practices and willing to share their experience?

One thing I find curious from my own perspective is that the Haida people's mythology, most specifically the Kwakiutl, has many stories concerning the connection between metals and the ocean, usually copper, embodied by the persona of the Copper Woman who lives in a house made of copper at the bottom of the sea.

[reeay]

That is interesting! You know Haida Gwaii are the ancient ancestors of the Hawaiians/Polynesians (well, some families claim ancestry) but they did not bring copper with them... probably would have been catastrophic if they did bring limited supply of it... Instead they created their own practice of aquaculture. The legend goes that the Haida and other natives who settled in the Americas were trying to return to the edenic homeland that was lost due to the deluge.

kinda funny too that I read your post.... bc we had a tsunami warning here last night due to an earthquake off the coast near Haida land lol

[hogey11]

I have no idea what the significance of it is, but that area is also literally where that 7.7 earthquake from the other day was located too.

My wife's sister is a big fan of all this stuff; visiting Haida G'waii is on her bucket list for sure so I only know of things second hand, but I find it very interesting.

I love nearly all mythology. I was pretty stoked to find out my wife's cabin has a view of a sacred first nations monument called 'The Coyote's Penis' (or Chimney Rock for a much less interesting english name). It's supposed to be one of the Coyote's three homes or something, and the valley where the cabin is located used to be an area where Shamans would perform their spirit rituals. There is also a NASA base up by one of the lakes, due to weird calcium deposits that were also found on the moon (or something like that ). So yes, I LOVE native myths and such. They are awesome.