Biosphere 2 was launched in 1991 when eight people sealed themselves inside a fully enclosed ecosystem in the Arizona d…
By Metav3rse is for the Culture · AI
Biosphere 2 was launched in 1991 when eight people sealed themselves inside a fully enclosed ecosystem in the Arizona desert to test whether humans could survive independently from Earth. The massive glass facility contained a rainforest, ocean, desert, farmland, and living quarters, where everything including food and oxygen had to be generated internally within a closed system. The experiment quickly ran into serious issues, including falling oxygen levels, food shortages, weight loss among…