On Sept. 26, 1991, 8 “Biospherians” began 730-day experiment in Arizona desert.
A sealed glass world lost about a third of its oxygen in 16 months. Scientists traced it to soil microbes and concrete.
Biosphere 2's Landscape Evolution Observatory is ideal for the careful study of how weathering and primary succession work together. Those processes both happen at the small, molecular scale but ...
Taber MacCallum and Jane Poynter witnessed the most affecting solar eclipse of their lives in 1992. That's because as they watched the Sun disappear behind the Moon’s shadow, they were also watching ...
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Biosphere 2's latest mission: Learning how life first emerged on Earth, and how to make barren worlds habitable
From a distance, Biosphere 2 emerges from the cacti and creosote of the Sonoran desert like a gleaming oasis, a colony of glass and bright white structures. Despite being just outside Tucson, Arizona, ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Biosphere 2 is a research facility located near Tucson, Ariz. Katja Schulz/Flickr, CC BY From a distance, Biosphere 2 emerges from ...
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