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University of Arizona Biosphere 2 is an American Earth system science research facility located in Oracle, Arizona. Its mission is to serve as a center for research, outreach, teaching, and lifelong learning about Earth, its living systems, and its place in the universe.
The World's Largest Earth Science Experiment. Discover the world in a 3.14-acre laboratory with active research systems spanning from ocean to desert environments and so much more. Dive into the Ocean. We’ve gone headfirst into revitalizing our ocean system to be a premier research space for coral reef restoration.
Oct 4, 2021 · Here in Biosphere 2, the world’s largest controlled environment dedicated to climate research, scientists can tinker with scaled-down ecosystems by switching off sprinklers and cranking up the...
Biosphere 2 advances our understanding of natural and human-made ecosystems through integrated research that drives the discovery and development of interventions that increase the resilience and sustainability of Earth systems and human quality of life.
Through science stories and interviews, you'll have the opportunity to learn more about our amazing, world-class research as you traverse around the exterior and through the human habitat and wilderness areas of Biosphere 2!
Mar 29, 2019 · March 29, 2019. Before dawn on April 4, 1994, Abigail Alling and Mark Van Thillo slipped across the foothills of Arizona’s Santa Catalina Mountains. They made their way to a looming monument of...
May 12, 2020 · A Countercultural Commune Launched Biosphere 2. The idea for Biosphere 2 (Earth being the first biosphere) emerged from an avant-garde theater and ecological commune known as the “Synergists”...
May 7, 2020 · In 1991, a group of 8 people isolated themselves for 2 years. Spaceship Earth tells their story. The new documentary tells the weird and surprisingly uplifting story of Biosphere 2.
Biosphere is a 2022 American science fiction comedy film directed by Mel Eslyn (in her feature length directorial debut) and written by Eslyn and Mark Duplass. It stars Sterling K. Brown and Duplass.
Jul 2, 2024 · Biosphere 2, scientific research facility located in Oracle, Arizona, U.S., designed to emulate Earth’s environment (Biosphere 1) that was perhaps best known for two missions conducted in the early 1990s in which crews were sealed inside the enclosure to study survivability.
