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.

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 ...

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

You won't be able to enter the rainforest on your next trip to Biosphere 2 in Oracle.

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 ...

The group studied data from the rainforest habitat at UArizona's Biosphere 2 and compared them to measurements taken at natural tropical forest sites. Due to being encased under a glass dome, the ...

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 ...

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

Biosphere 2, a massive research facility in southern Arizona, will soon be used to investigate changes in Earth's oceans, rainforests and crops.

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 building a new bridge. This bridge is a concert that is, according to UA music professor Paula Fan, “”meant to cross the gap between the arts and science.”” Biosphere 2 is ...

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 structures, making the B2 rain forest a ...