Session: Tour the Amazing Biosphere2

Division: Tours

Title: Tour the Amazing Biosphere2

Lead Community Sponsor:
Cosponsor: ASA Section: Agronomic Production Systems, ASA Section: Education and Extension, C05 Turfgrass Science, C07 Genomics, Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology, C09 Biomedical, Health-Beneficial and Nutritionally Enhanced Plants, SSSA Division: Soil Chemistry
Community Cosponsor: Animal Agriculture and the Environment Community, Crop Irrigation Strategies and Management Community, Model Applications in Field Research Community
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Session Description: Biosphere 2 is located north of Tucson, Arizona at the base of the stunning Santa Catalina Mountains. This one-of-a-kind facility, built in 1991, has been named one of the 50 Must-See Wonders of the World by Time-Life Books. A video tour of the facility will help you to see why visitors from around the globe journey here for a unique adventure. The tour will lead you through all five biomes of Biosphere 2, from tropical forest to desert, and will introduce you real-time research on the future of our planet as it unfolds in the world's largest earth science laboratory. You will view the inner workings of this 3.1-acre feat of engineering, and tour the habitat where the original ‘Biospherians’ lived in 1991. The tour will end with a lecture/Q&A with the current deputy director of Biosphere 2, Dr. John Adams, on Tuesday November 10th at 4:00 pm Central.