biosphere 2

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Betsy and Jake's presentation on Biosphere 2

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Biosphere  2  

John  Allen  and  Margaret  Augus5ne  

BACKGROUND  

•  3.15  acres  in  Oracle,  Az.  •  Space  Biosphere  Ventures  •  Biosphere  1  =  earth  •  1987-­‐1991  •  Experiment  about  interac5ons  in  nature  as  well  as  space  coloniza5on  

•  Failure  as  an  environmental  as  well  as  social  experiment  

SMALL  SCALE,  LARGE  RANGE  

CONTROLLED,  WILD  

CLOSED  vs.  OPEN  ECOSYSTEM  

A  CLIMATE  FOR  HUMANS  

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