The structure reaches 91 feet at its highest point, covers more than three acres and contains 6,500 windows. The Biosphere 2 ...

Inside Biosphere 2 Researchers originally built Biosphere 2 with the intention to create and study an artificial, self-sustaining biosphere, or the sum of all ecosystems that support life on Earth.

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

In 1991, Biosphere 2 captured the imagination of the world. A crew of eight "Biospherians" clad in vaguely "Star Trek"-like uniforms ceremoniously marched through an airlock and into their new ...

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.

Biosphere 2 participants are shown in a still image from the 2020 documentary "Spaceship Earth," which chronicles their two-year experiment. (Peter Menzel/Neon via AP) ...

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 ...

Wildfire contained near Biosphere 2 facility north of Tucson ** ADVANCE FOR USE TUESDAY, APRIL 26, 2011 AND THEREAFTER ** This Feb. 27, 2011 picture shows the Biosphere 2 complex in Oracle, Ariz.

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 ...

Arizona is home to one of the most unique science experiments in the world. Biosphere 2 is a groundbreaking research facility studying climate change and ecosystems inside an enclosed glass ...