Biosphere 2—while Biosphere 1 is Earth—offers a unique opportunity for immersive education. Through engaging science stories, students and educators can delve into our cutting-edge research as they ...

The venture, privately funded to start, is now run by the University of Arizona. And today, scientists there are quietly plugging away at research... ORACLE, Ariz. — Plopped in the Sonoran Desert, ...

Biosphere 2 was touted as a new Noah’s Ark, a new Garden of Eden, a way to test how humans might colonize other worlds and study the effects of greenhouse gasses on Biosphere 1 — aka the Earth. Eight ...

Thirty years ago last month, on Sept. 26, 1993, a group of eight weary, visionary adventurers “returned” to Earth after two years of living together in a miniature version of our world — a ...

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 ...