Drought will descend on the rain forest at University of Arizona's Biosphere 2

[Ptah]

ORACLE, Ariz. — A drought is about to descend on the rain forest at the University of Arizona’s Biosphere 2. It’s 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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