One of the world's most unique facilities dedicated to the research and understanding of global scientific issues #Biosphere2
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8 Mar 2024
New experiment on its way in collaboration with PhD student Baptiste Hulin @Geosciences_ENS @B2science @CNRSecologie Lysimeters Rain Basalt = lots of fun 👍
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Biosphere 2 retweeted
11 Mar 2024
@TucsonSentinel published a story about the Imagination 1 expedition that started yesterday at @B2science including an all-artist crew who will explore what it looks like to create art beyond earths surface!
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azart.fyi/artmoonmission
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Biosphere 2 retweeted
20 Feb 2024
Doesn't this tree look like it belongs in The Lorax? @Biosphere2 @B2science
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Biosphere 2 retweeted
11 Feb 2024
If you haven't been to Tucson, I've got 10 reasons you might want to check it out. denverpost.com/2024/02/11/th… @denverpost @VisitTucsonAZ @SaguaroNPS @B2science #cityofgastronomy #tucson #mountlemmon
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Biosphere 2 retweeted
2 Feb 2024
🔬 Exciting news in materials science! 🌐 ASU & UA joined forces to host student researchers from around the nation for the inaugural #MateriAlZWinterSchool at the iconic @B2science . Learn more here! #MaterialsScience #Innovation #Research 📚 linkedin.com/pulse/materialz…
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Biosphere 2 retweeted
17 Jul 2023
Understand why @Uarizona #researchers are passionate about adventure in this first-hand recollection of the Analog Astronaut Conference with @sciam at @B2science.
scientificamerican.com/artic…
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Biosphere 2 retweeted
17 Jan 2024
Simply remarkable! We are already looking forward to the work that will come from the Lovejoy Center for Bridging Biodiversity, Conservation Science, and Policy on campus. The $5M gift also establishes the Thomas E. Lovejoy Endowed Chair in Biodiversity, Conservation Science, and Policy at @uarizona news.arizona.edu/story/uariz…
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Biosphere 2 retweeted
23 Nov 2021
I also want to thank all the institutions that have made possible this research by hosting me at some point in these years such as @IBE_Barcelona @UPFbiomed @the_prbb @CRMatematica @sfiscience @B2science @labsubcanfranc! [11/12]
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Biosphere 2 retweeted
4 Jan 2024
For #NationalTriviaDay, we offer up some interesting facts that you may not have known about some of Tucson’s most iconic structures that we helped to build.
ALT The Pima Air & Space Museum houses the last B-17 flying fortress flown by any branch of the U.S Military
ALT Biosphere L.E.O is the largest laboratory experiment in the interdisciplinary earth sciences in the world
ALT The Pima County Historic Courthouse made national headlines when John Dillinger was arrested in 1934
ALT Tucson Medical Center is the Nation's largest single story hospital
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Check out my full interview with Bill Dempster, Chief Systems Engineer of @B2science until 1994, and inventor of the "Lungs" of the biosphere.
youtu.be/y8tybjA0Y_I?si=lzId…
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Just had an hour long conversation with Bill Dempster, the former chief systems engineer of @B2science. I cant wait to share our conversation about Biosphere 2, the possibility of a Biosphere 3, and more.
ALT Bill Dempster (left), Chief Systems Engineer of Biosphere 2 from construction to 1993. August Spitz (right) nerd from North Carolina.
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Biosphere 2 retweeted
29 Nov 2023
Aux #origines du #sol, un #trésor de #biodiversité @B2science @uarizona @CEREEP_Ecotron @Biologie_ENS @psl_univ tinyurl.com/3kxymh6t v/@CNRS #Nature #écologie #écosystèmes #roches #eau #plantes @cpsavesoil Marc-André Selosse @Le_Museum @fmartin1954 @mycophyto #Yphen #Novobiom
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Biosphere 2 retweeted
10 Nov 2023
It was a pleasure to tour Biosphere 2 and learn about the great training and outreach initiatives taking place through the University of Arizona Center for Innovation.
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Biosphere 2 retweeted
28 Oct 2023
#TeamJavelina
Always enjoyed seeing them at @B2science
The Sonoran Desert feels like it could be another continent; the flora and fauna are so exotic to me
ALT A javelina in the golden hour. It is gray with a white collar and long snout
ALT Two javelinas in front of Palo Verde trees. They are squat, about 2 feet tall
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Biosphere 2 retweeted
6 May 2022
The #AnalogAstronaut Conference is in full swing @B2science with a #spacesuit demo from Trent Tresch from Sam2: samb2.space/
Learn all about the conference here: analog-astronaut.com/ and join the community to get #FlightReady!! 👩🏾🚀🚀🌍
#AAC2022 #AAcon2022
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Biosphere 2 retweeted
3 Oct 2023
The College of Fine Arts and the Office of Societal Impact are presenting a research-centered exhibition, “Ways of Knowing, Ways of Being: Arts Research and Integration” at the Center for Creative Photography, Oct. 17-26.
Click the 🔗 for more info
azart.fyi/waysofbeing
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Biosphere 2 retweeted
7 May 2023
Barbara Belvisi speaking about Biopod, an autonomous, inflatable controlled environment farming system, its business model, plant selection... No soil/water pollution, efficient input/output, path to regeneration.
@B2science #space #analogastronaut @b_belvisi @InterstellarLA
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Biosphere 2 retweeted
28 Sep 2023
Learn how @UArizona is taking action to make our state a global leader in transformational technologies and sustainable agricultural and food production practices in the new report from the Presidential Advisory Commission on the Future of Agriculture and Food Production in a Drying Climate: bit.ly/468wqyh
ALT Ariel view of a tractor as it prepares land for growing crops.
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Biosphere 2 retweeted
27 Sep 2023
Honored to spend the day @B2science during the Omani Delegation's weeklong visit to AZ, and to share a discusson panel on @uarizona sustainability research with @UAZPublicHealth Dean Iman Hakim and our own experts in ALVSCE!
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