Hurricane experts question feasibility of Bill Gates - backed flood - control idea . The company is a subsidiary of Intellectual Ventures , an invention firm run by Microsoft 's former chief technology officer Nathan Myhrvold . It is ` ` on a scale that humans have never really done before , '' says NOAA . Renowned Colorado professor John Gray : It wo n't completely stop hurricanes . Theory : It would cool ocean surface sapping water from oncoming storms .
Hurricane experts question feasibility of Bill Gates - backed flood - control idea . It is ` ` on a scale that humans have never really done before , '' says NOAA . Renowned Colorado professor John Gray : It wo n't completely stop hurricanes . Theory : It would cool ocean surface sapping water from oncoming storms .