In the early 1990s, eight people tried to survive in a hermetically sealed glass structure filled with miniature forests, ...

There are seven model ecosystems within Biosphere 2: rainforest, ocean, swamps surrounded by mangrove trees, savanna grassland, fog desert, desert grass-shrubland landscapes and model city.

The venture, privately funded to start, is now run by the University of Arizona. And today, scientists there are quietly ...

This collaborative project provides a new opportunity to holistically evaluate and model mechanisms and interactions driving ecosystem-scale responses to environmental stressors.

Without a clear picture of how these ecosystems respond to rapid environmental changes, we could unwittingly doom far more than a planet of hypothetical daisies.

Biosphere 2 is a groundbreaking research facility studying climate change and ecosystems inside an enclosed glass structure in the middle of the Sonoran Desert.

UNESCO biosphere reserves are tangible proof that humanity can live in balance with nature. Since 1971, this community-led programme has successfully found a model for development where people live ...

This collaborative project provides a new opportunity to holistically evaluate and model mechanisms and interactions driving ecosystem-scale responses to environmental stressors.

It's seemingly a little capsule of Earth, which is why the structure is called Biosphere 2 – named after our own planet, Biosphere 1.