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BIOSPHERE 2 Oxygen depletion offers unique chance for study
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ORACLE,Ariz. -- The unexpected loss of life-sustaining oxygen in
Biosphere 2 has left the eight "bionauts" occasionally fatigued,
gasping for air and sleep-deprived, but it could give scientists a
unique opportunity to learn more about the atmosphere of the Earth,
whose ecosystems the ambitious experiment in life under glass mimics.
Ever since the four men and four women entered the self-sustaining
three-acre enclosure 15 months ago, the oxygen level inside the
sealed greenhouse has b...
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BIOSPHERE 2 Oxygen depletion offers unique chance for study
The Boston Globe
; ORACLE,Ariz. -- The unexpected loss of life-sustaining oxygen in Biosphere 2 has left the eight "bionauts" occasionally fatigued, gasping for air and sleep-deprived, but it could give scientists a unique opportunity to learn more about the atmosphere of the Earth, whose ecosystems the ambitious
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Biosphere 2's first 'mission' ends as 8 people leave its bubble. (Originated from Arizona Republic)
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
; ... studies about closed systems likely will remain the property of Space Biospheres Ventures. (EDITORS: STORY CAN TRIM HERE) After a news conference, Alling said she missed the presence of children during her two years in Biosphere 2. Although she doesn't believe ...
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 "Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)")
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SPEND A LITTLE TIME IN BIOSPHERE 2'S LUXURIOUS LODGING SECRET YOU WON'T BE STAYING UNDER A SEALED DOME FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, BUT IN A 36-SUITE HOTEL WITH STUNNING DESERT VISTAS AND WET BARS.(Sunday Magazine/Travel)
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
; Byline: Thomas Ropp The Arizona Republic ORACLE, Ariz. -- In late afternoon, when winds blow across the desert and cloud shadows creep across the Catalinas, Biosphere 2's observation tower takes on the tranquility of a mosque, round and white and bathed in orange sunlight. Most visitors never see
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BIOSPHERE 2 GAINS CREDIBILITY, LOSES FUNDING
The Boston Globe
; ORACLE, Ariz. - A few students trudge past the sprawling glass structure on their way to a new dormitory. Inside the glass, two middle-aged tourists and their guide hike through a humid savanna and peer across a twisted mangrove swamp into a deep green "ocean." Down the hall, a researcher is
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 "The Economist (US)")
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Bad odour: Biosphere Two. (American Survey)
The Economist (US)
; LAST September four men and four women clad in streamlined red jumpsuits were sealed inside Biosphere Two, an ambitious ecotechnics project built on a small patch of mountain desert north of Tucson in Arizona. Paid for by a Texan oil billionaire, Edward Bass, Biosphere Two was intended to be an
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REVIEW: The Earth's Biosphere.(Vaclav Smil)(Book Review)
M2 Best Books
; M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Vaclav Smil's book about the history of the earth's biosphere, although overly complex for the layman, is still an interesting account of our environment and the processes of life on this planet of ours. Unfortunately, like so many books of this ilk,
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Recycling biosphere 2.
Popular Mechanics
; ... ants, says my guide Bernd Zabel, a former Biospherian. The good news is that they don't bite, and they sleep at night. The exotic ... 2] levels accelerate plant growth. This might seem like good news, were it not for one significant catch. Not all plants respond ...
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Biosphere 2: Bogus New World?; In the Arizona Desert, a Foundering Experiment in Ecology and Capitalism
The Washington Post
; ... masterly performance of an entirely new kind of drama. Call it science theater. Biosphere 2 had been a darling of the national news media until recently, enjoying primarily positive coverage in most of the major outlets, including The Washington Post, the New ...
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Bad air led to some bad feelings inside Biosphere.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
; WICHITA, Kan. _ Eighteen months after walking out of Biosphere 2, Jane Poynter can laugh about the experience. But, at the time, life in the bubble wasn't too funny. Because of a lack of oxygen that developed inside the 3.15-acre sealed glass enclosure, the eight crew members became tired easily,
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Little big world. (Biosphere 2)
The Economist (US)
; THE visitor to Biosphere 2, nestled in the mountains north of Tucson, has a feeling of deja vu. This could be because he sees so many reminders of things - the 3.15 acre glass palace contains thousands of species of plant and animal, arranged to caricature seven different types of ecosystem, from
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