The rare Sonoyta pupfish were introduced into a desert river habitat inside the huge Biosphere 2 structure near Tucson. The dish are native to Quitobaquito Springs near the Arizona-Mexico border, but ...
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 ...
Biosphere 2 was a highly ambitious experiment to simulate a self-sustaining Mars colony in the Arizona desert. Eight men and women locked themselves inside for 2 years and experienced one incredible ...
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 ...
After decades spent clinging to existence in a single, spring-fed oasis in southwestern Pima County, the endangered Sonoyta pupfish is giving indoor living a try. Four dozen of the feisty little ...
In my recent EDN article, Man’s endeavor to live beyond Planet Earth, I discussed the present efforts of NASA and the Biosphere 2 in their efforts towards a Bio-Regenerative Life Support System (BLSS) ...
Most days, you’ll find Joost van Haren tromping through Arizona’s only tropical rainforest. An assistant research professor at the UA, van Haren works in the rainforest at Biosphere 2—in the middle of ...
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