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The savanna was designed to perform several different functions within Biosphere 2. Its primary goal was to provide a hydrological transition zone between the desert and rainforest mesocosms. The objective was to learn how to balance atmospheric chemistry by varying hydrological regimes within the tropical mesocosms. T...
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The University of Arizona assumed management of Biosphere 2 in June 2007, with a 3-year lease of the 3.14 acre facility. The agreement to pay a $100 annual fee to owners CDO Ranching and Development may extend to 10 years. A $30 million gift from the Philecology Foundation, founded by Edward P. Bass, funds Bisophere 2...
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The desert was designed to simulate an arid desert scrub ecosystem in a coastal climate with erratic winter rainfall and summer drought. Excessive rain and relatively low evapotranspiration during the initial two-year closure resulted in a dense scrub invaded by grasses. Conversion to a Mediterranean scrub woodland was...
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The basement area of Biosphere 2, known as the Technosphere, covers nearly 3.14 acrea. It is where all the electrical, plumbing, and mechanical systems are houses. There are 26 air handlers (AH) located in the technosphere. Of these, 14 are large units that can heat and cool the air, remove particles from the air, main...
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The Biosphere 2 ocean system is ideal for testing models of chemical or biological changes on an ocean community. It is unlike any other artificial system, due to its large scale and biological complexity. The unique closure allows whole system manipulations and monitoring that would be extremely difficult in a natural...
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The Biosphere 2 ocean system is ideal for testing models of chemical or biological changes on an ocean community. It is unlike any other artificial system, due to its large scale and biological complexity. The unique closure allows whole system manipulations and monitoring that would be extremely difficult in a natural...
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Hangar 79, Ford Island 319 Lexington Boulevard, Honolulu, HI 96818 Among the historical sites that pepper the landscape of Oahu sits the Pacific Aviation Museum. Centrally located in the heart of Pearl Harbor, the museum exists as a testament to the longstanding relationship between American military prowess and...
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Hangar 37, Ford Island 319 Lexington Boulevard Honolulu, HI 96818 The mission of the Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor is to develop and maintain an internationally recognized aviation museum on Ford Island that educates young and old alike, honors aviators and their support personnel who defended freedom in t...
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Vista de Alicante desde el Castillo de Santa Barbara, tomada en una cálida mañana de domingo, durante semanas estuve esperando un día despejado y sin viento para hacer esta fotografía, la ligera bruma reduce la visibilidad a larga distancia, por esa razón la captura de las imágenes s...-
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