Refrigerated trucks arrived to pump pure oxygen into Biosphere 2. At first it was pumped into only one of the biosphere’s chambers. The effect was jubilation. We began madly laughing and running. “I felt like a born-again breather, praising oxygen,” said one crewmember. It was one of ...
but it makes no sense at all to back expensive programs that turn away resources from real needs and are based on alarming but shaky claims of "incontrovertible" evidence.1、 What can we infer about the author's opinion on global warming? A. Global warming hasn't happened in the latest...
The Biosphere is made up of the parts of the Earth where life exists. It includes the land, ocean, and atmosphere. Life exists from9.5 km deepin the oceans up to50 km highin the atmosphere. Within the biosphere living things span a range of sizes, from the microscopic (like phytoplankton...
What happens to DDT when it enters the food chain? Why was this chemical banned in some countries? What happened to the indicator as exhaled air bubbled through the solution? What caused this change? An abrupt drop in mortality due to a specific cause ...
and enjoyable harmony between man and his environment; to promote efforts which will prevent or eliminate damage to the environment and biosphere and stimulate the health and welfare of man; to enrich the understanding of the ecological systems and natural resources important to the Nation,1. ...
What happened to the fundamental legal principle: Innocent until proven guilty? Perhaps Andrew Little is right – our justice system is broken – we lock up way too many people who have yet to be convicted of a crime. Isn’t that what third-world dictators, communist countries and authoritari...
ahumanity’s demand exceeded the biosphere’s regeneration rate by [translate] anegatively impact biodiversity. However, the Footprint does not [translate] aovershoot must be reduced by if negative impacts are to be avoided. [translate] aThe Footprint documents what has happened in the past. It...
to deploy a pair of stubby wings and some kind of propulsion system from the base of the car. I brought us down gently on the water and took everyone below the surface—apparently the elevator was also a submarine—for a glorious moonlit tour of a coral reef that happened to be just ...
Today, the Biosphere project is in temporary receivership. One founder was hospitalized for stress; another has been indicted on charges she sabotaged the Biosphere she once inhabited. A third--Edward P. Bass, the Texas multimillionaire who bankrolled the test-tube Earth--is prepared to face of...
The pandemic was mooted (war gamed) in a meeting of government and elite players a year before it actually happened. Heavy emphasis was placed on how to get the media on board and suppress any contrary voices. As it turned out, covid was not the deadly menace it was said to be, yet...