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**Terrarium**

In 1960, Englishman David Latimer decided to experiment with a small garden inside a glass bottle. Since then, this portable garden has remained green and vibrant, completely sealed in the bottle. An intriguing fact is that the last time Latimer watered his garden was in 1972.

The plant produces energy from sunlight through photosynthesis, absorbing carbon dioxide and releasing oxygen inside the bottle. When parts of the plant decay, the microbes present in the soil consume the oxygen to decompose these remnants, emitting carbon dioxide and thus completing the cycle.

The water cycle is self-sustaining in a similar way: the water absorbed by the plant's roots is released by the leaves, condenses inside the bottle, and falls back to the soil. The bottle acts as a miniature version of what happens on a global scale.


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Nel 1960 l'inglese David Latimer decise di sperimentare con un piccolo giardino all'interno di una bottiglia di vetro. Da allora, questo giardino portatile รจ rimasto verde e vivace, completamente sigillato nella bottiglia. Un particolare affascinante รจ che l'ultima volta che Latimer ha irrigato il suo giardino risale al 1972.

La pianta produce energia dalla luce solare attraverso la fotosintesi, assorbendo anidride carbonica e rilasciando ossigeno all'interno della bottiglia. Quando le parti della pianta deperiscono, i microbi presenti nel terreno consumano l'ossigeno per decomporre questi resti, emettendo anidride carbonica e completando cosรฌ il ciclo.

Il ciclo dell'acqua si auto-sostiene in modo simile: l'acqua assorbita dalle radici della pianta viene rilasciata dalle foglie, si condensa all'interno della bottiglia e cade di nuovo al suolo. La bottiglia agisce come una versione in miniatura di ciรฒ che accade su scala globale.

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