The biosphere encompasses all ecosystems around the globe, including the lithosphere, atmosphere, and hydrosphere. However, ...

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 ...

In the COVID-19 era, many people are seeking socially distanced activities where the risk of transmitting the coronavirus is minimal. Here's a new, limited-time-only experience that could alleviate ...

Thirty years ago last month, on Sept. 26, 1993, a group of eight weary, visionary adventurers “returned” to Earth after two years of living together in a miniature version of our world — a ...

Dear EarthTalk: What ever became of the Biosphere 2 project in Arizona and what did we learn from it? – B.C., Tampa, FL Biosphere 2 project began in 1984, led by John Allen who called it “The Human ...

Costa Rica has a wealth of biosphere reserves, and the number is likely to rise in the future. This is the country’s, and UNESCO’s, way of preserving areas of natural beauty in the country. On this ...

ORACLE, Ariz. – Jane Poynter and seven compatriots agreed to spend two years sealed inside a 3-acre terrarium in the Sonoran Desert. Their mission back in the 1990s: To see whether humans might ...

The mighty steel-and-glass compound known as Biosphere 2 is a sight that never loses its beauty, its absurdity or its wonder. Jutting out of the hot, dry ground of the Sonoran Desert, it was designed ...

Sustainability consultant Jane Poynter tells her story of living in a hermetically sealed environment in the Arizona desert for two years and 20... What Lessons Came Out Of Biosphere 2? Part 2 of the ...