biosphere 2

• Remember Biosphere 2? It's Recycled As a Research Site

By Allen G. Breed The Associated Press

• The Virginian-Pilot and The Ledger-Star, Norfolk, VA
• April 26, 2011

• 10 CFR 63.21 - Content of application.

... and parameters used for the reference biosphere and reasonably maximally exposed individual. (2) I...

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 10: Energy

• Biosphere 2 Bought for Homesites

TUCSON, ARIZ. - The landmark glass terrarium known as Biosphere 2, which was built as a self-sustaining environment for humans 20 years ago, and the 1,650 acres surrounding the research site were sold to a home developer for $50 million. Texas billionaire Ed Bass spent more than $200 million building Biosphere 2 near Oracle. The site attracted global attention in 1991, when eight people were sealed inside to conduct a two-year experiment in self-sufficiency.

• Charleston Gazette
• June 06, 2007

• Biosphere 2 Near Tucson Up for Sale

ORACLE, Ariz. - As for-sale listings go, this one is a real fixer- upper-a 10-bedroom, 5 1/2-bath glass house situated in Arizona's Sonoran Desert. The landscaping is lush, but it's a bit overgrown. (Truth be told, it's a real jungle.) There's a million-gallon pool, but the water is more than slightly brackish. The utility bills are a bear - about $1 million a year. And the place is infested with five species of cockroaches and overrun with voracious ants.

• Sunday Gazette-Mail
• July 11, 2005

• Columbia University's Biosphere 2 Makes Announcement.

TUCSON, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 6, 1999-- Columbia University's Biosphere 2 OCTOBER 1999 Research -- Packard Grant -- In June 1999, Columbia ...

• Business Wire
• October 07, 1999

• Building the Future of Biosphere 2; New Biosphere 2 Observatory and Student Center Open October 11.

TUCSON, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--October 6, 1999-- Columbia University of New York City Wednesday announced that Arizona Congressman Jim Kolbe, Ft. W...

• Business Wire
• October 06, 1999

• Life in a Doomed Dome

Ghosts of Biosphere 2 seemed to linger during Columbia's tenure at the Arizona project, leading to an ongoing crisis of scientific identity. Columbia eventually withdrew from the site, which today is managed by the University of Arizona. At times, [Rebecca Reider] over-analyzes the problems. But she leaves readers with one more important question, one that the new owners are still trying to answer: How can science that seeks to have a re al -world impact "find a compromise between complexity and control?

• High Country News
• July 01, 2010

• GE 'Lights Up' Columbia University Biosphere 2 Center as First Step to Energy Self-Sufficiency by 2012.

Business Editors, Energy Writers NOTE TO MEDIA: Multimedia assets available TUCSON, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 30, 2002 New GE T8 Ultra Watt-M...

• Business Wire
• October 30, 2002

• Dome Home ; Biosphere Experiement's Results May Show Future of Space Travel

Living inside the glass enclosure known as Biosphere 2 for two years wasn't easy. If its eight pioneering residents wanted pizza, they had to grow their own wheat and milk a goat for cheese. They contended with thinning air, insufficient food, constant work and, worst of all, one another.

• Augusta Chronicle, The
• March 10, 2004

• True Green Energy Group Hits Pay Dirt Worldwide with Mountains of Gold in Trash

MANILA, Philippines, Oct. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Turning garbage into energy calls to mind the 1980s film "Back to the Future," which inspired whimsical images of future cars powered on waste. Since that time, the technology for turning trash waste into electricity and biofuel has become a reality. In just the past decade, research and experimentation has brought cleaner and more efficient conversion systems. Turning "MSW" municipal solid waste and commercial waste into electricity and biofuel will drastically reduce dependency on foreign oil. More over it also encouraged the innovation and the invention of the Biosphere MKV5.

• U.S. Newswire
• October 02, 2010