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Which five ecosystems were created inside Biosphere 2?
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Biosphere 2
Biosphere 2, located in Oracle, Arizona, U.S., shown in 2008. The facility was originally developed to study survivability and assess whether humans were capable of building and living in self-sustaining colonies in outer space. It was later used as a scientific research facility.
The main aboveground structure of Biosphere 2 contains five distinct ecosystems designed to emulate Earth's environment:1
- Coastal fog desert
- Tropical rainforest
- Savanna grassland
- Mangrove wetland
- Ocean (which includes a coral reef)
These ecosystems were housed within the facility's primary glass-enclosed area to study the viability of self-sustaining colonies for potential use in outer space.1