This year from 25 May until 2 June we organise the already 6th ICOS Summer School, as always at the Helsinki University forest station SMEAR and ICOS supersite in Hyytiälä. 37 students and in total 13 teachers take part in the 8 day fully packed program that covers the climate system, carbon…
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ICOS is looking for a Communications Trainee until the end of September 2023. You will be located in the Head Office in Helsinki, and report to the Head of Communications at ICOS.
Your job includes:
Updating and creating content for the ICOS website, and for… Read more
We are happy to introduce Theresia Bilola, the newest team member in ICOS Head Office in Helsinki. Theresia will be leading the KADI project.
Theresia’s background is in social sciences, especially how to formulate and implement policies for societal relevance. She has previously…
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The EGU General Assembly 2023 brings together geoscientists from all over the world to one meeting covering all disciplines of the Earth, planetary, and space sciences. As most years, ICOS is present at the EGU23 in Vienna this week.
Below is the list of sessions and talks that are…
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The ICOS Head Office in Helsinki, Finland, had two 13-year-old students visit the office as part of a Nordic tradition of “taksvärkki”, also known as Operation Day’s Work. During this day, the students get the chance to exercise a job of their choice instead of going to school for one day. They…
Read moreIn the end of March, the ICOS Cities project brought together scientists and city representatives from all over Europe in a hybrid meeting in Zurich, sharing the first results of the European scientific co-operation.
A mix of presentations, workshops, panel discussions and dinner…
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On the 8th of March, a pilot project of the Institute of Global Change Research of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (CzechGlobe) and the University of Energy and Natural Resources in Sunyani, Ghana, was ceremonially launched. The project focuses on climate change monitoring and…
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ICOS has welcomed Greece and Ireland to the network starting January 1, 2023. The two new member countries brought 14 new stations to the network, which now has more than 170 stations measuring greenhouse gases in Europe and the adjacent oceans.
“Greece is fully committed to…
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International Women’s Day is all about celebrating inspiring and impactful women, and sharing knowledge on how we could do better. ICOS is lucky to have many impressive female scientists in the community. We spoke to Mana Gharun, a former PI of the Davos station in Switzerland and associate…
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As the Earth’s largest ecosystem, the ocean absorbs massive amounts of carbon and excess heat from the atmosphere. Despite its pivotal role in climate change, global ocean observations have thus far been severely lacking: a major part of the world’s oceans have never been mapped or even seen by…
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