ICOS is taking part in the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP27, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt 7.–18.11.2022. As an Observer, ICOS is present to highlight the need for a…
The ICOS ecosystem station Gebesee in Germany collects important data on the carbon cycle of agricultural land in Europe. When the crops change every year, so do the fieldwork methods. How does…
ATMO-ACCESS is a European project aiming at creating opportunities for a sustainable provision of access to Europe’s most advanced facilities for observation and exploration in atmospheric science…
Ankur Desai, professor of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (AOS) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, was recently awarded the American Geophysical Union’s (AGU) 2022 Joanne Simpson Medal for…
Due to the damage to the Nord Stream gas lines in the Baltic Sea, an enormous amount of methane gas has been released into the atmosphere. The leak is estimated to equal the size of a whole year's…
In 2023 ICOS will organise the already 6th edition of the ICOS Summer School. It will be held at Hyytiälä forest field station in Finland from 24 May until 2 June 2023. Application is open until 1…
New data by ICOS confirms that natural carbon sinks such as the ocean and forests are not stable. Climate change makes these sinks more vulnerable, in some cases even turning them into carbon…
We are delighted to announce that the Book of Abstracts for the ICOS Science Conference 2022 is now available on the conference website.
Over 280 oral and poster presentations have been…
Izaña Atmospheric Observatory is a brand new ICOS Atmosphere station that joined the ICOS measurement station network when Spain became an ICOS member country in 2021. What is it like to work at a…
The ICOS Cities project aims to develop tools for systematic observations to monitor the level of greenhouse gas emissions in urban areas. As part of the project two major system installations…