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Biosphere 2: The Desert Experiment That Taught Us About Closed Ecosystems
A sealed Arizona facility's surprising challenges with oxygen and human conflict
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Biosphere 2, a $150M sealed ecosystem in Arizona, faced unexpected oxygen depletion due to soil microbes and concrete reactions, highlighting challenges in closed systems, despite its controversial and troubled start.
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Biosphere 2 was an experiment to simulate a self-sustaining ecosystem for potential space colonies.
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- What were the long-term health effects on the biospherians?
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