Biosphere 2: The Sealed Experiment That Ran Out of Oxygen

About this episode

The episode discusses the challenges faced by Biosphere 2, a closed ecosystem experiment, including an oxygen crisis and its implications on trust and success.

Biosphere 2 was meant to be a closed ecosystem proving humans could survive under glass, until an oxygen crisis forced secret fixes and triggered a spectacular public meltdown over trust, control, and what “success” even means.

People in this episode

Hosts: Kyle Risi, Adam Cox

Topics covered

• closed ecosystem
• human survival
• trust
• control
• success
• public meltdown

Keywords

• Biosphere 2
• closed ecosystem
• oxygen crisis
• human survival
• public meltdown

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Biosphere 2

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