A new study on functional biosphere integrity, or the plant kingdom’s ability to co-regulate the state of the ecosystem, found that Earth is in trouble—big trouble. Published in the renowned journal ...

In the 25 years since the first enclosure of eight people inside Biosphere 2 came to an end, Columbia University and now the University of Arizona have tried to rebrand the unique space as a tool for ...

Biosphere Reserves implement interdisciplinary approaches, combining natural and social sciences to improve human livelihoods and safeguard ecosystems. They are catalysts for innovative economic ...

In the words of UNESCO, it can be considered ‘learning places for sustainable development’. (Image: FE) A Biosphere Reserve (BR) refers to an international recognition granted by UNESCO to selected ...

Atlas Obscura on Slate is a new travel blog. Like us on Facebook, Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter @atlasobscura. With dreams of colonizing Mars, John P. Allen, who made his millions in oil, funded the ...

ORACLE, Ariz. (KVOA) — Just about an hour out of Tucson is the world's largest controlled environment dedicated to understanding the impacts of climate change. We're talking about the University of ...

In Guatemala’s Maya Biosphere Reserve, 9 community forestry concessions have been managing over 350,000 hectares of forest for more than 15 years. The communities aim to manage the concessions ...

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 someday be able to ...

Regarding the Journal story "Shark's capture off RI leads some to wonder about climate change" (News, Feb. 1). A spinner shark in Rhode Island might be unusual, but every shark is unique. This story ...