Science and Education in Biodomes

Posted by michael on Wednesday January 16, 2002 @10:55PM from the greenhouse-effect dept.

Guinnessy writes: "Many of you will remember the excitement around biosphere 2, a project to enclose 8 people in a sealed environment to see if they could survive a year on just the resources produced inside the dome. It failed (although they did discover some interesting data from it). Now, in the UK, a bunch of scientists, engineers and environments have created the Eden Project, a similar scheme (e.g. closed environments mimicking various climate conditions around the world) to biosphere 2 except the general public can walk through the domes to learn about the importance of plant life. Wired News magazine has an excellent article explaining some of the technology used in its construction (it amazed me how far they have come compared to the biosphere 2 design) and how it is educating the public." Hey, according to Mission to Mars all you need is some flapping canvas to keep your habitat secure.

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Is this news? by jeremyp · 2002-01-17 00:23 · Score: 0, Troll

I notice the banner of this site says "News for Nerds". The Eden project has been around for a couple of years and is actually a very successful tourist attraction in the UK.

Just because it's the first time *you* heard about it doesn't make it news.

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Biodome! by ALG · 2002-01-17 04:59 · Score: 0, Troll

This sounds pretty cool, buuuuuuuuuudy.

ALG