I'm not sure what Space Biosphere Ventures were thinking when they made the decision to put in a desert biome. From what I've found they were trying to replicate the experience of each biome, to get an idea of what is what and to become more knowledge about deserts, and experimenting. read more
Biosphere 2's desert biome was designed to simulate an arid desert scrub ecosystem in a coastal climate with erratic winter rainfall and summer drought. read more