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Starred Review on October 1, 2015 | Middle to High School
Gr 5–8—The latest installment in this stellar series examines Biosphere 2, a research facility in Oracle, AZ. Biosphere 2 began as an engineering marvel and an experiment in creating a self-sustaining, closed biological system that could support a team of humans for two years. In 1993, when the original Biosphere 2 experiment ended amid controversy, few could have predicted what the future would hold for the research facility...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on October 1, 2015
Carson takes readers into Biosphere 2, the research facility designed to be a self-sustaining model of Earth's environments. There's brief coverage of the innovative engineering and original mission of the facility (complete with photos of the first jumpsuit-clad human "biospherians" who were sealed inside from 1991 to 1993), but the focus is primarily on current research under the direction of scientists at the University of Arizona. The ability to control environmental conditions within the contained rainforest, ocean, and giant soil laboratory allows researchers to investigate ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2015
Carson takes readers into Biosphere 2, the research facility designed to be a self-sustaining model of Earth's environments. There'...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
