Chair of IOM Biosphere Board, Jason Bissell, talks to H about the appointment of the new board, its membership and purpose.

Inside Biosphere 2's giant glass pyramid, tropical trees stretch 80 feet above the forest floor. Crazy ants, so named because of their erratic movements, scurry below.

The venture, privately funded to start, is now run by the University of Arizona. And today, scientists there are quietly plugging away at research they hope will help us all adapt to the Biosphere 1 — ...

Biosphere 2's ocean ecosystem contains 700,000 gallons of sea water brought in from the California coast — more than an typical Olympic-size swimming pool. Scientists suit up in scuba gear to explore ...