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 ...

Jane Poynter entered the world's first hermetically sealed, manufactured ecological system in 1991 with seven other people. Biosphere 2-- the 3.15-acre, almost-airtight outpost in the Arizona desert ...

In most people's minds, Biosphere 2 was a fabulously expensive failure, a $200 million earth-in-a-bottle that choked on carbon dioxide and was overrun by ants. But not everybody feels that way. "In ...

Mel Eslyn makes her directorial debut with the sci-fi dramedy from IFC Films. Per the official synopsis, in the not-too-distant future, the last two men on Earth must adapt and evolve to save humanity ...

Phil Pauley, a London-based concept designer, has unveiled his vision for Sub-Biosphere 2 – a self-sustainable underwater habitat designed for aquanauts, tourism and oceanographic life sciences as ...

If filmmakers wanted to make movies during the pandemic, especially low-budget independent comedies, it helped if their story was self-contained. "Biosphere" is self-contained, just two actors and a ...

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 ...