Title:
Pushing our limits : insights from Biosphere 2 / Mark Nelson.
Author:
Nelson, Mark, 1947- author.
Publication Information:
Tucson, Arizona : The University of Arizona Press, 2018.
Call Number:
QH541.27 .N45 2018
Abstract:
Biospherian Mark Nelson offers insider perspectives on Biosphere 2 and bold insights into today's global ecological challenges--Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
9780816537327
Physical Description:
xiv, 303 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm.
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Contents:
Preface : What Have I Gotten Myself Into? -- Build a Biosphere : What Were We Thinking? -- Meet the Biospherians -- A Technosphere that Protects and Serves Life -- "Every Breath You Take, Every Step You Make" -- Carbon Dioxide : Atmospheric Management of a Small World -- Farming as If There Were a Tomorrow -- Déjà Vu : The Water Recycles -- Wilderness Biomes -- Building a Rainforest -- What's a World Without an Ocean? -- They're Mangroves, Not Mangoes! -- Down from the Trees : Sweet Home, Our Savanna -- The Desert Goes Its Own Way -- Oxygen : The Missing Element -- Humans : The Most Unstable Element -- Connected! : the Biospherian Experience -- Re-entry -- The Afterglow -- Conclusion : A Time to Tear Down, A Time to Rebuild.
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