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Biosphere 2: Building A New World

An ambitious ecological experiment was launched in Arizona in September 1991. It aimed to see if human beings could produce everything they needed to survive in a man-made environment. Linda Leigh, one of the eight scientists, spoke to Witness about the two years sealed inside the giant greenhouse known as 'Biosphere 2'.

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