January 28, 2005

For Sale: Biosphere 2

By GOLDIE BLUMENSTYK

Biosphere 2, the glass-enclosed ecological site in the Arizona desert, is for sale.

Columbia University ran the research center from 1996 through 2003 and spent an estimated $25-million there. In March 2003 the company that owns the complex sued the university, saying it was not living up to its financial obligations.

At the time, Columbia was in the third year of a contract that called on it to spend $20-million at Biosphere 2 over five years and to manage it until

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