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ICOS is working together with other research infrastructures and scientific partners to facilitate better science and to develop services also for other users. This work is often done in EU-funded projects together with other organisations. Thus, we are now looking for an experienced 

This week ICOS Carbon Portal published new and updated major data products. This next to the regular Near Real Time daily updates from all ICOS domains. The new data products are highlighted at our Main Data Products page.

First of all we updated the Obspack EU product containing updated…

ICOS, Integrated Carbon Observation System, is a European research infrastructure that measures greenhouse gases to better understand climate change. The data is being used by scientists as well as by governments and international organisations in their efforts to solve challenges caused by…

Late last year, over a hundred ocean carbon scientists from around the world met at Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) in Oostende, Belgium, to review the status of the Surface Ocean Carbon Value Chain and decide on specific improvements to the structure, process and information sharing. Now they…

There are two new full-time additions to the Head Office – Peter Taggart, familiar to the organisation, has signed on as Communications Planner, and Annina Bergman, who has a background in communications and website development, has joined the team from January. 

Peter originally…

We are pleased to announce the sessions for ICOS Science Conference 2024! This year’s conference takes place 10th-12th September 2024 in Versailles Palais des Congrès, France, and online. With the overarching theme “From GHG observations through science to services”, the sessions cover ICOS's…

Some new faces have joined ICOS Carbon Portal since 2022. The Carbon Portal, hosted by Lund University in Sweden and Wageningen University in the Netherlands, is a ‘one stop shop’ for all ICOS data products providing free access to high-quality and standardised greenhouse gas data, as well as to…

The COP28 caravan has left Dubai, and while the desert dust is settling, it's time for introspection. Do we have reasons to be COPtimistic? Is this year's agreement text historical, or are the words "transitioning away from fossil fuels" just an empty promise? How do we ensure that…

In 2023, the ICOS Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) underwent some changes as two long-standing members ended their terms in the SAB after serving seven years. Dr Anna Michalak and Dr Rik Wanninkhof joined the ICOS SAB at the very beginning of the Research Infrastructure, in 2016, leaving a long-…

The year 2022 saw record-breaking temperatures in Europe during the summer and autumn. Close to 30% of the European continent was under severe summer drought. A study led by ICOS scientists shows that the extreme conditions lead to a reduced net biospheric carbon uptake in summer (56-62 TgC)…