Oct. 12, 2020 Rainforest at Biosphere 2 Offers Glimpse into Future of the Amazon Tropical forests may be more resilient to climate change than previously thought, according to a new study. The results could help make climate prediction models more accurate.
Dec. 16, 2019 'Rainforest Under Glass' Kissed by Rain After Two-Month Drought An experiment at Biosphere 2 forced the “hottest tropical rainforest in the world” through a controlled drought and recovery to see how climate change will affect Earth’s ecosystems.
Sept. 13, 2019 Biosphere 2 Rain Forest Closed During Drought Experiment Drought will soon descend on the University of Arizona’s Biosphere 2 rain forest, and an international research team will be ready with an array of instruments to record what unfurls under the glass.
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.
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.
