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We are organizing an ICOS Science conference in September 2022 in hybrid format: in Utrecht, Netherlands, and online. Mainly related to conference preparations, ICOS is now looking for a Summer Trainee for summer 2022. You will be located in the Head Office in Helsinki, and report to the Head of…

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ICOS gained two new employees to the communications team in March. The two new people, Laurent and Maria, have diverse backgrounds in visual storytelling, content creation and project management. They will be replacing Magdalena Brus and Mari Keski-Nisula, who have decided to seek new…

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ICOS Handbook 2022 cover page

The revised edition of the ICOS Handbook is now available.

The ICOS Handbook helps to understand how we operate; how is ICOS organised, what and how do we measure and what is the role of the Thematic Centres and National Networks. The Handbook also describes the technical specifications…

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A scientist pointing at the ICOS Saclay Atmosphere station in France.

ICOS has applied the new World Meteorological Organization (WMO) calibration scale to all 39 Atmosphere stations in 14 European countries. Adopting the same scale ensures that the atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations are measured the same way, regardless of the location and…

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ICOS Cities talks spring 2022

This year, there is a bunch of interesting ICOS Cities Talks webinars coming up. The February talk will focus on how to make 100 European cities climate-neutral by 2030. The European Commission official Matthew Baldwin will describe the systemic transformation of 100 cities towards climate…

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Science Conference session themes announced

It is our pleasure to announce that the ICOS Science Conference 2022 website is now live!

We received many interesting and high quality session proposals and have grouped them into seven themes under the overarching conference theme of  "Tracking progress to carbon neutrality…

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Lampedusa station

The Lampedusa atmospheric station (IT-Lmp), part of the ICOS network, recently completed the installation of marine instrumentation for measuring air-sea exchanges. The installation was carried out within the PRO-ICOS-MED project, coordinated by the National Research Council (Cnr) in…

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ICOS Cities kick-off in Paris

Cities are important emission hotspots and play a big role in emission reduction efforts. Therefore, observing and verifying greenhouse gas emissions from densely populated urban areas is crucial.

One of the objectives of the ICOS Cities project (Pilot Applications in Urban Landscapes)…

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Software and scientists

ICOS Carbon Portal at Lund University is hiring! Four (4) open positions, all with an application  deadline in January 2022 (extended until filled):

Two open positions for a senior researcher and scientific product developer

Apply and more info here: https://lu.varbi.com/en…

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The Integrated Carbon Observation System, ICOS, produces standardized data on greenhouse gases, which is essential in understanding and mitigating climate change.  The data is measured in over 140 stations representing three domains: ecosystems, atmosphere and oceans. Our data is being…

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