Betsy and Jake's presentation on Biosphere 2

1. Biosphere
2
John
Allen
and
Margaret
Augus5ne

2. 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

6. SMALL
SCALE,
LARGE
RANGE

10. CONTROLLED,
WILD

11. CLOSED
vs.
OPEN
ECOSYSTEM

12. A
CLIMATE
FOR
HUMANS