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 ...

Biosphere 2, the failed experiment turned hugely popular field-research facility for Columbia students, is up for sale. The glass and steel structure in the Arizona desert contains a rain forest, ...

Editor’s note: This is the first part in a two-part series detailing developments in the UA’s operation of Biosphere 2. The UA looks to tackle “”grand challenges”” and inform the public about science ...

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 ...

Biosphere 2 was a highly ambitious experiment to simulate a self-sustaining Mars colony in the Arizona desert. Eight men and women locked themselves inside for 2 years and experienced one incredible ...

ORACLE, Ariz. — After being closed since mid-March because of the pandemic, Biosphere 2 has opened its gates to a brand new nighttime experience. It is a unique new way to see this unique science lab ...

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 ...

Visitors approach Biosphere 2 from above and descend to the entrance. If you’re younger than age 35 and reside outside the Southwest, it’s unlikely you’ve heard of Biosphere 2. The 3.14-acre complex ...

Columbia University’s days of managing the glass-and-steel terrarium known as Biosphere 2 will soon come to an end. Columbia will stop operating the research facility on December 22 as part of a ...

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 ...

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 ...