B2 Earthscience

B2 Earthscience involves an array of natural, experimental and modeling research, along with education and outreach programs all aimed at understanding earth, ecological and environmental processes important for the sustainability and resilience of our coupled human–natural world in the face of global environmental change.

B2 Earthscience is utilizing the unique attributes of Biosphere 2 to conduct research that cannot be accomplished anywhere else, by anyone else. This research will be:

Related to important University of Arizona missions
Science that serves Arizona first and enhances our way of life
Science that tackles scientific Grand Challenges
Beneficial to The University of Arizona's students

About B2 Earthscience

Utilizing Biosphere 2 as its principal research venue, B2 Earthscience is taking advantage of the facility's unique spatial scale providing a bridge between small-scale, controlled, laboratory-based understandings of earth processes and experiments in field settings where it is difficult to control all environmental conditions. Biosphere 2's size allows B2 Earthscience to do controlled experimentation at an unprecedented scale, providing the missing link between the laboratory and the real world.

The B2 Earthscience research facilities is open to the public and visitors can see scientific research as it unfolds. When on a tour, visitors have the opportunity to see scientific inquiry in action and learn about the progress of individual experiments in real time.

B2 Earthscience Mission

B2 Earthscience blends research, education and outreach to build:

Concepts (observations and theory)
Tools (facilities, methods, models and experiments)
Teams (future scientists and educators)
Translational Framework (stakeholder relationships and dissemination) to guide our society toward sustainability and resilience in the face of global environmental change.