Four of the eight people living in the Biosphere 2 environmental experiment are taking medication because of the declining amount of oxygen in the air, officials said. Bill Dempster, director of ...

In the 25 years since the first enclosure of eight people inside Biosphere 2 came to an end, Columbia University and now the University of Arizona have tried to rebrand the unique space as a tool for ...

Craig goes to Biosphere 2 and to see the science of recreating the Earth's ecosystems. Craig goes to Biosphere 2--the largest closed system ever created--and learns about the science of recreating the ...

Biosphere reserves are ‘learning places for sustainable development’. They are sites for testing interdisciplinary approaches to understanding and managing changes and interactions between social and ...

ORACLE, Ariz. — Plopped in the Sonoran Desert, just outside Tucson, Ariz., sits a massive, multilevel greenhouse that's probably best known as the inspiration for a Pauly Shore movie. A slick, stepped ...

The outstanding characteristic of biosphere reserves in Vietnam is the 4-in-1 model: protection of the environment, development of local economies, advancement of scientific research, and adaptation ...

In 1991 eight people in Arizona entered a strange contraption: a 3.14-acre glass house called Biosphere 2. They would stay for two years in the enclosed facility in the Sonoran Desert, which was home ...

In the words of UNESCO, it can be considered ‘learning places for sustainable development’. (Image: FE) A Biosphere Reserve (BR) refers to an international recognition granted by UNESCO to selected ...

The workshop was led by Vhembe Biosphere Reserve staff, with support from the University of Venda, the National Department of Forestry, Fisheries and Environment, the South African Youth Biodiversity ...