An abundance of microbial life has been found in Chile’s Atacama Desert, lurking up to 4 meters (13 feet) below the surface of one of the most arid and inhospitable places on the planet. The Atacama ...

A planetary perspective on the relationship between life and energy, and the emergence of a life form whose influence extends ...

A two-day workshop, held on 4–5 September 2025 in Saint Lucia and led by Bandiougou Diawara, Programme Specialist for Natural Sciences at the UNESCO Office for the Caribbean, convened representatives ...

Biosphere Rule #3: Maximize the power autonomy of products and processes, so they can function on renewable energy. Biosphere Rule #3 — Power Autonomy — is about optimizing the energy independence of ...

UA officials at Biosphere 2 are working to mold the site of the controversial experiment into a premier scientific hub that gives the public unprecedented access to climate and ecological research.

In the last five years (2011-2016) more than 54,000 hectares of forests were converted to grasslands in the core area of the Biosphere Reserve of Southeast Nicaragua, which represents 19.4 percent of ...

Conservation & Society, Vol. 11, No. 4 (2013), pp. 391-405 (15 pages) Biosphere reserves were first created in 1976 to help scientists, managers, and communities better understand how to conserve ...

Editor’s note: This is one in a continuing series of guest opinions about fostering environmental stewardship and leadership coordinated by ACES — The Alliance of Climate and Environmental Stewards.