In the early 1990s, eight people tried to survive in a hermetically sealed glass structure filled with miniature forests, oceans and savannah.

A good write-up of an amazing (and cautionary) story that should be more widely known.

  • FaceDeer@fedia.io
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    1 month ago

    The main problem with Biosphere 2 was that it was as much an instance of performance art as it was an attempt to create a sealed biosphere. When you’re doing an experiment you should be trying to control variables, not throwing everything into a huge pot and seeing what happens.

    • JubilantJaguar@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      4·
      1 month ago

      Harsh! I do faintly remember it (very young at the time) and I do vaguely remember a bit of a circus atmosphere, sure.