Biosphere 2’s rainforest is part of an experiment designed to shed light on how tropical ecosystems will fare under the stress of a hotter, drier shift in climate.

PHOENIX – Step inside Biosphere 2’s tropical rainforest, which thrives beneath an enormous glass dome, and visitors are met by a wall of warm humidity and lush greenery. The sprawling complex ...

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

ORACLE, Ariz. — You won't be able to enter the rainforest on your next trip to Biosphere 2 in Oracle. It's closed because a drought is about to "hit" the rainforest. An extensive $2.1 million ...

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

Rainforest at biosphere 2 offers glimpse into future of the Amazon Tropical forests may be more resilient to climate change than previously thought, according to a new study.

To get to the nearest rainforest, from Tucson, that is, head up Oracle Road/Arizona Highway 77 and drive north for 24 miles. Next, at milepost 96.5, turn right onto Biosphere 2 Road. There you ...

Biosphere 2 Tropical Rain Forest (B2 TRF) Biosphere 2's 30-year-old rain forest is nearly 1.3 million cubic feet of tropical habitat supporting a complex patchwork of nearly 98 species and canopy ...

TUCSON — When you think of Arizona, a tropical rainforest is probably the last thing that comes to mind, but that's exactly what there is inside Biosphere 2. "Biosphere 2 is the largest ...

The Amazon rainforest covers 550 million hectares. It’s known as the world’s largest carbon dioxide sink. Worldwide, forests take up almost 2.5 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide every year ...

From studying rainforest canopies to otherworldly environments, Biosphere 2 opens an immense amount of possibility for different fields of study at a time in which they are prevalent points of ...

Biosphere 2 is hosting “”Music of the Sphere: A Celebration of the Tropical Rainforest”” from 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Jan. 25.