News: Studying the Secret Lives of Plants4/30/2008Scientists and engineers will work together on a project in the UA's Biosphere 2 to study the ways plants change their environment or adapt to it. Salim Hariri, director of the NSF Center for Autonomic Computing at the UA, is also developing a robot for the project.
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News: Biosphere 2 Offers Events for Saturday Visitorsevery Saturday beginning Feb. 16thThose who tour Biosphere 2 on Saturdays this spring get something special for the price of admission: special Saturday events that include talks by former Biospherians, environmental researchers, and eye-popping stage shows by the Physics Factory. Read more » |
News: Biosphere 2 Opens Rain Forest Experiment to the Public2/5/2008The University of Arizona Biosphere 2 will open the Brazilian rain forest inside its 3.14-acre glass-enclosed living laboratory to the public for the first time on Friday, Feb. 8. Read more » |
News: iPlant Collaborative (iPC) Grand Challenge Workshops2/1/2008Biosphere 2 looks forward to hosting iPlant Collaborative (iPC) Grand Challenge Workshops. Read more » |
News: UA wins grant to study rain forest11/18/2007The University of Arizona has landed a $2.5 million federal grant to study the Brazilian rain forest under a National Science Foundation program. The grant will include funding for fieldwork in the Brazilian rain forest and at Biosphere 2. Read more » |
News: Fox 10 in Phoenix, AZ profiles Biosphere 2October 19th, 2007Phoenix, Fox 10's Keith Yaskin takes a look at the latest effort to restore the reputation of Biosphere. Read more » |
