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Wildfires raged on in Europe in the summer of 2022, contributing to carbon emissions and increasing the fear of shrinking carbon sinks. How exactly do climate scientists study wildfires? And what is it like to see the impacts of climate change up close? We interviewed Lucia Mona, Senior…

The 120 meter high eddy covariance tall tower Hardau, overlooking the city centre of Zurich, has now been operational for six months. The ICOS Cities research team has detected interesting CO₂ flux patterns both seasonally and spatially.

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The eruption of the Mauna Loa volcano on the island of Hawaii, USA, caused the data series collected by the Mauna Loa Observatory to be temporarily interrupted in November 2022. Despite the eruption, atmospheric CO2 monitoring globally continued. Below is a comparison of data from the Mauna…

A large proportion of CO2 emissions originate from urban areas. Thus, cities are increasingly searching for tools to reduce emissions in order to slow down the speed of climate change. A recent study, based partly on ICOS data, shows how planted street trees increase carbon…

Ethical guidelines are a way for organisations to guide their operations and define and commit to common values. For scientific communities, ethical operations carry an even more important meaning. The creation of the ICOS Ethical Guidelines was initiated by the ICOS Ethical Advisory Board.…

The Voulundgaard ICOS Ecosystem station in Denmark lies in a cropland located in the Eastern part of the Skjern River catchment. The station is situated in an intensely cultivated area, as is around 60-70% of Denmark. The station manager Rasmus Jensen is in charge of organising the fieldwork and…

The ICOS network of 14 European countries has grown with one new member. Greece is joining ICOS with five atmosphere and ecosystem stations spread across the country. To initiate the collaboration, ICOS invited the Greek Ambassador to the ICOS Head Office in Helsinki, Finland.

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ICOS ERIC is coordinating several EU-funded projects, the latest of which is “Knowledge and Climate Services from an African Observation and Data Research Infrastructure” (KADI) clustering 16 African and European partners. The goal of KADI is to provide concepts for developing science-based…

Carbon Farming refers to agricultural practices that increase the amount of carbon in the soil. It is one of the key ways the food supply system can contribute to tackling the climate crisis, and help the EU and its member countries reach their carbon neutrality goals.

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During COP27, ICOS addressed two critical issues in climate science: the need for a more dense ground-based greenhouse gas observation network and the creation of an integrated global observation system for greenhouse gases.