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We are pleased to announce that ICOS Science Conference 2026 will be held in Lund, Sweden. The conference will gather hundreds of greenhouse gas scientists in Lund city centre. 

ICOS Science Conference, organised every second year by the ICOS community, is a global event open to…

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At this year’s GEO Global Forum 2025, ICOS reaffirmed its commitment to the shared goals of the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) — an international partnership working to build an open, inclusive, and coordinated global system for Earth observation. The occasion marked the release of a…

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His Majesty King Charles III, The King of the United Kingdom, met scientists from Italian scientific institutions, including ICOS Ecosystem Thematic Centre and ICOS Italy. The meeting took place on 10 April 2025 during His Majesty’s visit to Rome, where he attended a series of demonstrations…

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Ingeborg Levin

ICOS has established a new Early Career Scientist award to commemorate Dr Ingeborg Levin, one of the visionary scientists working tirelessly for decades to set up ICOS as it is now. The ICOS Ingeborg Levin Early Career Scientist Award for Outstanding Greenhouse Gas or Related Isotope…

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The Urban Greenhouse Gas Conference and Stakeholder Summit has just kicked off at the WMO headquarters in Geneva with close to 300 participants onsite and online. The conference, jointly organised by ICOS Cities and IG3IS, is gathering scientists and city stakeholders from all across the globe 7…

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ICOS ERIC - Carbon Portal in Lund, Sweden is looking for two new persons (experienced back-end developer & system administrator) to complement our small development team working on services for storing and making open data available.

Experienced back-end developer

You will be able to…

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Greenhouse gas measuring satellites have excellent spatial coverage – often on a global scale – and high temporal frequency. However, they can struggle with measurement accuracy and precision, as clouds, aerosols and water vapour interfere with measurements thereby reducing accuracy, especially…

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ICOS participated in Carbon Farming Summit in Ireland this week. The Summit programme addressed the upcoming certification framework for Carbon Removals and Carbon Farming, CRCF. During 2025, the commission will provide proposals for the first certification methods and for the rules on…

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Professor Jia Chen, ICOS Cities

Professor Jia Chen has been awarded with the prestigious Timothy Oke Award 2024 for her excellent research in urban climate, particularly her unique contributions to greenhouse gas monitoring and measurement in urban areas. Jia Chen is the Scientific Lead for the pilot city Munich in the EU…

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The new Horizon Europe-funded project, IM4CA (Investigating Methane for Climate Action), coordinated by Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, brings together leading methane experts to strengthen global efforts in reducing methane emissions. It focuses on reinforcing methane mitigation…

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