Artificial Paradise in the desert (The Project "Biosphere 2")
Perseverance in the pursuit of
mankind to know and to subjugate the laws of the universe truly has no
boundaries - the world's constantly held complex scientific experiments whose
purpose is to study the interaction of man and nature. Sometimes they are successful,
but often such investigations turn grandiose failure and fantastic to spend
huge sums of money for nothing. One such example is the failed artificial
paradise in the middle of the desert in the US state of Arizona - loud research
project titled "Biosphere 2".
The idea of creating a closed
ecosystem that could provide all their needs on their own, came up with an
American enthusiast Joe Allen. Having secured financial support from
billionaire Ed Bass, he decided to realize his dream and build a kind of Garden
of Eden in a glass case. Were conducted branding and wide advertising campaign.
It was assumed that this experiment will begin a new turn in the development of
autonomous ecological systems in which a person could survive during natural disasters.
Complex "Biosphere
2" was a system of sealed glass domes, which were placed inside the five
landscape units: mini-desert, swamp, a tropical jungle, savannah and even a
small ocean with sandy beaches and coral reefs. In addition, the inside was also
about 4 thousand species of flora and fauna.
Loud experiment began in 1991, when eight researchers (4 women and 4 men) solemnly entered the biosphere and
had lived there for 2 years without consuming absolutely nothing from the
outside. The only resource that the complex could not support themselves -
electricity; but the water, organic substances and even oxygen were infinitely
circulate inside the sealed space.
Unfortunately, the experiment
did not justify itself - as it turned out, because of gross scientific errors
in the "Biosphere" began to decline sharply the level of oxygen,
resulting in the death of animals and plants. People, fortunately, were not
injured, but stay in the complex to the end of schedule was given to them is
not easy.
Unsuccessful project was named
one of the most high-profile scientific failures, and its funding was
terminated. Today, "biosphere" just 25 dollars can visit all comers.
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