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

In the middle of the Arizona desert stands a surreal, glass-enclosed world. A sealed replica of Earth's ecosystems that was once dismissed as an eccentric dream. Today, it is one of the most ambitious ...

The University of Arizona has provided detailed information below about Biosphere 2's different ecosystems and experiments: The World’s Largest Experimental Ocean system—Biosphere 2 Ocean ...

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

Biosphere 2 once hosted radical experiments for a self-sustaining ecosystem. During COVID-19, visitors can "tour" the living lab from their cars.

Biosphere 2 is operated by the University of Arizona and remains a key hub for climate research. Tours are available every day from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. with adult tickets starting at $29. Check it out ...

Though the Biosphere 2 experiment is often described as a test run of a future space colony on the Moon or ... Though none of its ecosystems was a perfect model of its real-world counterpart, ...

This collaborative project provides a new opportunity to holistically evaluate and model mechanisms and interactions driving ecosystem-scale responses to environmental stressors. Biosphere 2 ...