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Welcome to Biosphere 2. The world's largest controlled environment dedicated to understanding the impacts of climate change. In the News. Students compile data to yield insights into plant growth.
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.
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!
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.
4 days ago · 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.
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...
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”...
