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Global Change Research at Biosphere 2 Research Center
The Biosphere 2 Research Center is located in Oracle, Arizona.  It is owned by Edward Bass, and, until recently, was operated by Columbia University as a state-of-the-art research facility, including a large-scale elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide experiment for use in global change research. This facility is currently for sale.  For more information, visit their web site: http://www.bio2.com/ Biosphere 2 Research Center

(photo stolen from BS2 webpage)

 Graduate student, Richard Wilson, samples soil in Biosphere 2 elevated CO2 experimentGraduate students, Spring Strahm, Laura Dane and Richard Wilson, outside Biosphere 2 Rainforest Biome

Publications resulting from this work:

Lipson DA, M Blair, G Barron-Gafford, K Grieve, R Murthy (2006) Relationships between microbial community structure and soil processes under elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide Microbial Ecology 51:302-314

Barron-Gafford G., Martens D., Grieve K., McLain J.E., Lipson D., Murthy R. (2005) Growth of Eastern Cottonwoods (Populus deltoides) in elevated CO2 stimulates stand-level respiration and rhizodeposition of carbohydrates, accelerates soil nutrient depletion, yet stimulates above and belowground biomass production. Global Change Biology 11:1220-1233.