Editor’s note: This is the first part in a two-part series detailing developments in the UA’s operation of Biosphere 2. The UA looks to tackle “”grand challenges”” and inform the public about science ...

ORACLE, Ariz. — Plopped in the Sonoran Desert, just outside Tucson, Ariz., sits a massive, multilevel greenhouse that's probably best known as the inspiration for a Pauly Shore movie. A slick, stepped ...

An international team of researchers has descended on University of Arizona’s Biosphere 2, sealing off the complex’s rain forest, to conduct a one-of-a-kind study examining the impact of droughts on ...

Biosphere 2 started with eight scientists and a very ambitious experiment. Now, almost 35 years later, it's still being used for cutting-edge research. Scientists continue to use it to study Earth's ...

ORACLE, Ariz. (KGUN) — In the town of Oracle, The University of Arizona’s Biosphere II is an ideal environment for climate research. Now it’s working to be an ideal environment for start up companies ...

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Biosphere 2, a facility dedicated to the research and understanding of global scientific issues, is reopening. A bunch of scientists won't live in it this time. Instead the new owners of the Biosphere ...