Background
Alling, Abigail Kingsley was born on October 12, 1959 in New York City.
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Life Under Glass: Inside Story of Biosphere 2
(Planet in a bottle. Eden revisited. Laboratory under glas...)
Planet in a bottle. Eden revisited. Laboratory under glass. The largest self-sustaining closed ecological system ever made. Biosphere 2 is many things to many people. From its half-acre farm to its coral reef to its emerald rainforest-this unique research facilty has proven itself a marvel of human engineering and a testament to the human imagination. For two years, four men and four women lived and worked inside the structure, recycling their air, water, food, and wastes, and setting a world record for living in an isolated environment. But what has this giant glass-and-steel greenhouse been to those most intimately involved with it? What has it meant to the first crew who studied and cared for it? What was it really like sealed inside a giant laboratory for twenty-four months? In Life Under Glass crew members, Abigail Alling and Mark Nelson with co-captain Sally Silverstone present the full account of those two remarkable years. From the struggles of growing their own food, to learning how to help sustain their life-giving atmosphere, the general reader is offered a rare glimpse into how a group of dedicated researchers managed to surprise the world and fulfill their dream. Other crews may come and go, but no one else will face the risks, the uncertainties, and the challenges that this new breed of explorers did on Biosphere 2's maiden voyage. Here is the fascinating story of how it all appeared-living under glass. Selected as one of the top ten science experiments in 1993 by Time Magazine and Good Morning America.
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(Life Under Glass: Inside Story of Biosphere 2 ) Author: Abigail Alling Mar-1994
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Life Under Glass: Inside Story of Biosphere 2 by Abigail Alling (1-Mar-1994) Paperback
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Abigail Kingsley Alling
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Student sea semester, Boston University, 1977; graduate in organic chemistry with honors, Harvard University, 1979; graduate in zoology laboratory with honors, Cambridge (England) University, 1981; Bachelor in Biology with honors, Middlebury College, 1982; Master of Science in Environmental Studies with honors, Yale University, 1985.
Career
Project coordinator, Cetacean Seas Research, Lincoln, Massachusetts, 1985;
project coordinator, Oceanic Research and Comm. Alliance, 1987;
project director, Recreation Vehicle heraclitus, expedition chief, Expedition to Circumnavigate South America, 1987-1989;
director marine system, Space Biospheres Ventures, 1985-1994;
associate director Research and Development, Space Biospheres Ventures, 1991-1994;
director development, Space Biospheres Ventures, 1992-1994;
assistant vice president biospheric development, Space Biospheres Ventures, 1993-1994;
president, director, Planetary Coral Reef Foundation, Belize, since 1991;
executive vice president, director, Biospheres, LLC, since 1994;
director expedition to Indian Ocean and S.E. Asia archipelagos, R.V. Heracllitus, since 1996. President Ocean Expeditions Inc., 1985-1993.
Science chief, marine system manager Biosphere 2, 1991-1993. Director Indian Ocean and Southeast Asia Archipelagos Coral Reef Expedition, since 1995.
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book
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Life Under Glass: Inside Story of Biosphere 2
(Planet in a bottle. Eden revisited. Laboratory under glas...)
- (Life Under Glass: Inside Story of Biosphere 2 ) Author: Abigail Alling Mar-1994
- Life Under Glass: Inside Story of Biosphere 2 by Abigail Alling (1-Mar-1994) Paperback
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Life Under Glass: Inside Story of Biosphere 2
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1 child, Christopher.
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American