An international team of researchers has descended on University of Arizona’s Biosphere 2, sealing off the complex’s rain forest, to conduct a one-of-a-kind study examining the impact of droughts on ...

From a distance, Biosphere 2 emerges from the cacti and creosote of the Sonoran desert like a gleaming oasis, a colony of ...

The Biosphere 2 will be holding a series of weekend events geared at providing visitors with a hands-on science experience. The events, dubbed “”Science Saturdays,”” will be on a variety of scientific ...

The University of Arizona is celebrating Earth Day and the 10th anniversary of UA research at Biosphere 2 on Saturday with a day of activities. Biosphere 2, 32540 S. Biosphere Rd. in Oracle, about 30 ...

Dear EarthTalk: What ever became of the Biosphere 2 project in Arizona and what did we learn from it? – B.C., Tampa, FL Biosphere 2 project began in 1984, led by John Allen who called it “The Human ...

ORACLE, Ariz. — Plopped in the Sonoran Desert, just outside Tucson, Ariz., sits a massive, multilevel greenhouse that's probably best known as the inspiration for a Pauly Shore movie. A slick, stepped ...

TUCSON, Ariz. — As part of our summer series, One Tank Trips, the crew of Good Morning Tucson is taking you to places on much less than a tank of gas. April Madison headed north of Tucson to Biosphere ...

The University of Arizona's Biosphere 2 will celebrate the 50th anniversary of Earth Day by hosting a virtual EarthFest. The event will include panels with researchers and with former biospherians ...

Biosphere 2, a facility dedicated to the research and understanding of global scientific issues, is reopening. A bunch of scientists won't live in it this time. Instead the new owners of the Biosphere ...