In 1991 eight people in Arizona entered a strange contraption: a 3.14-acre glass house called Biosphere 2. They would stay for two years in the enclosed facility in the Sonoran Desert, which was ...

Although while the experiment was on-going, nearly three decades ago, Biosphere 2 elicited early criticism from some reductionists who didn’t appreciate its design, the project’s success depended on ...

We only get one Earth, but when you step inside, you walk into something out of this world – a second Mother Earth called ...

Spanning 3.14 acres in Oracle, Arizona, Biosphere 2, as it was known, was the largest closed system ever created, replete with a rainforest, mangrove wetland, savannah grassland, fog desert ...

The facilities would create indoor environments similar to Biosphere 2, which has been owned by the ... More local news:8 books in Dover schools challenged. Here are the titles targeted for ...

Twenty-five years ago, eight Biospherians, four men and four women, took up residence inside Biosphere 2. Their stay lasted two years. Now, a quarter century later, it’s clearer than ever how ...

A decade before Elon Musk founded SpaceX or spoke publicly about colonizing Mars, a different billionaire captivated the world with Biosphere 2. Ed Bass, an oil tycoon, spent about $250 million to ...

ORACLE, AZ — Arizona is home to one of the most unique science experiments in the world. Biosphere 2 is a groundbreaking research facility studying climate change and ecosystems inside an ...

Texas billionaire Edward Bass — one of the founders of Biosphere 2 — gifted $30 million to the University of Arizona to support the research facility in Oracle, officials announced Wednesday.

Here are the top things to do next time you're in Tucson. Not far from downtown Tucson lies Biosphere 2, an Earth science research facility in Oracle, Arizona. It was designed to be a closed ...