Nonetheless, George conducted the dump from a fishing boat some 200 nautical miles off the shores of Canada's Haida Gwaii (or Queen Charlotte Islands), an area known for its complex marine ecosystems. And it appears he did so without asking if anyone objected to the idea. Geoengineering is almost always controversial--some see it as the way to mitigate global warming and prevent a global climate calamity, while others see tinkering with the natural order of things as inviting disaster--but it's even more controversial when you do it without telling anyone.