Drought will descend on the rain forest at University of Arizona's Biosphere 2
ORACLE, Ariz. A drought is about to descend on the rain forest at the University of Arizonas Biosphere 2. Its a four-month project studying how tropical ecosystems react to a hot and dry shift in the climate. It is part of an experiment known as Water, Atmosphere and Life Dynamics made possible by a $2.1 million European Research Council Grant.
The rain forest section of the biosphere has been a growing and stable ecosystem for decades.
This is worldwide the only place I know where you can study a whole ecosystem and manipulate it, said researcher and Freiburg University professor Christiane Werner.
Researcher Christiane Werner says it's a miniature version of one of earth's most important biomes.
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