No experiment would be giving out data to the press."; From the start, when planning for the Biosphere got under way in the mid-1980s, it was billed as a futuristic experiment in closed recycling where plants and animals would provide each other with all the essentials for life. Critics have long claimed that the Biosphere II project in the Arizona desert was more showmanship and cultism than science , despite its assertions to the contrary . Examples of misrepresentation include a device that removes carbon dioxide from the air and turns it into a solid for storage inside the Biosphere . A newspaper states the group secretly installed the device , violating the goal of recycling all materials naturally . A Biosphere spokesman said the group had installed a carbon dioxide remover but considered it a minor aid for initial stabilization , adding there was no obligation to disclose all details of work in progress .
Critics have long claimed that the Biosphere II project in the Arizona desert was more showmanship and cultism than science , despite its assertions to the contrary . Examples of misrepresentation include a device that removes carbon dioxide from the air and turns it into a solid for storage inside the Biosphere . A newspaper states the group secretly installed the device , violating the goal of recycling all materials naturally . A Biosphere spokesman said the group had installed a carbon dioxide remover but considered it a minor aid for initial stabilization , adding there was no obligation to disclose all details of work in progress .