Biosphere 2

Biosphere 2

For those of you planning a visit to the SW, a trip out to Biosphere 2* is highly recommended.  You'll learn about its origins, which are a bit idealistic and at times downright soap-operish, to its new "purpose" as a location for the University of Arizona to run all sorts of experiments related to climate change and various earthly environments, all closely monitored from the main campus in Tucson.

I might not have followed all the science very closely, but I was duly impressed by the giant lung--- forcing my claustrophobia to take a backseat as we were ushered deep into the inner workings of the biosphere.

*Earth is Biosphere 1.