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Biosphere 2

Sept. 2, 2019
Agrivoltaics Proves Mutually Beneficial Across Food, Water, Energy Nexus

A paper published in Nature Sustainability presents the first field-data assessment of outcomes of a multi-year study of agrivoltaics in dryland regions.

These results of a new UA-led study suggest that the novel co-location of agriculture and solar photovoltaic arrays could have synergistic effects that support the production of ecosystem services such as crop production, local climate regulation, water c
Aug. 14, 2019
Today’s Students are Tomorrow’s Space Explorers

Ten students from Japan and Arizona gathered for the first official Space Camp Biosphere 2, where they designed Biosphere 3 to sustain human life on Mars.

Students from Kyoto University in Japan and across Arizona participated in hands-on research in Biosphere 2's ocean biome.
April 12, 2017
Biosphere 2 as You've Never Seen It Before

Inside the iconic structure far from the UA's main campus, it's all about the science. Climate change researcher Tyeen Taylor uses the simulation rainforest to study botanical volatiles, looking for clues to how plants manage high temperatures and drought. With UANews video.

UA researcher Tyeen Taylor goes high into Biosphere 2 in his study of plant volatiles, the molecular compounds that are small enough to become a gas.
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