Visit to a tiny planet: within glass walls, five climates and 3,800 species

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Space Biosphere Ventures, initially funded with $30 million from Texas multi-millionaire Edward Perry Bass, plans Biosphere II, which is an airtight, watertight glass-walled structure covering 3.15 acres. Biosphere II is intended as a self-sustaining, independent environment, with connections to the outside world for electricity and information. Biosphere II, located at Oracle, AZ, at the edge of the Sonora Desert, will include a tiny ocean, a miniature rain forest, savanna, marsh and desert. There will be 3,800 species of plants, animals and insects, living in balanced interdependence as in nature. There will also be a 20,000-square-foot farm. Four men and four women will live in the structure during the next two years. Computers connected to 3,000 sensors will regulate temperatures, humidities, artificial tides and seasons. Scientists differ about the project's value.

ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND HOUSING, Research, Planning, Ecological research, Environmental engineering, Environmental protection, Biosphere, Biosphere II Project, Biosphere II, Bass, Edward Perry, Space Biospheres Ventures

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Putin Backs Ukrainian Leader, Dismissing Call for New Runoff

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Russian President Vladimir Putin's decision to back Ukrainian President Leonid D. Kuchma's chosen successor Viktor F. Yanukovich instead of the Western-friendly challenger Viktor A. Yushchenko in the election crisis shows his desire to influence the former Soviet republics.

Public affairs, Ukraine, International politics, Russia, Political activity, Political aspects, Elections, Putin, Vladimir, International relations, Foreign policy, Kuchma, Leonid D., Yanukovich, Viktor F., Yushchenko, Viktor A.

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