A hermit crab skitters across the rocks at the foot of a spiny cactus. On the shoreline, the waning tide has revealed a series of pools occupied by urchins and starfish. Out on the water, a ...

On Biosphere 2, you'll see the only ocean in the entire state of Arizona. Different ocean scenarios are tested to better understand the future.

Today, Biosphere 2 is a different kind of place, a University of Arizona site where researchers from around the world can study everything from the effects of the ocean’s acidification on coral ...

Tourists check out the Biosphere 2 Ocean, holding a million gallons of seawater, designed as an enclosed ecological system to research interactions within ecosystems, in Oracle, Ariz., in 2015.

Today, Biosphere 2 is a different kind of place, a University of Arizona site where researchers from around the world can study everything from the effects of the ocean's acidification on coral to ...

Biosphere 2 once hosted radical experiments for a self-sustaining ecosystem. ... The tour guide will explain current research at the rainforest, ocean, savanna and desert habitats.

UA Biosphere 2 is hosting Earth Month, a series of activities held on weekends during April where people can learn about different environments through a variety of interactive learning experiences.

Langdon is no stranger to Biosphere 2’s ocean. In the 1990s he conducted research there, revealing for the first time that ocean acidification causes corals to dissolve from a lack of calcium.

Inside Biosphere 2, five "wilderness" zones — rainforest, ocean, savanna, marsh, and desert — emulated Earth's ecosystems. They helped scrub carbon dioxide from the air and generated oxygen.

Sub-Biosphere 2. Unlike Biosphere 2 – which features above-ground biomes including a rainforest, an ocean complete with coral reef and wetlands, grasslands desert, Pauley’s vision focuses on ...

On Biosphere 2, you'll see the only ocean in the entire state of Arizona. Different ocean scenarios are tested to better understand the future.