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After passing a rigorous quality assurance process, 6 new measurement stations have received the status of an ICOS labelled station. The station labelling was confirmed by the ICOS General Assembly on 15th November 2023. The newly certified stations are located in Finland, Greece, Norway and…

The Global Greenhouse Gas Watch (GGGW) addresses the need to access timely, reliable, available, high-resolution, worldwide data on greenhouse gases to better understand the drivers of climate change and mitigate its effects. The initiative, led by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO),…

The Integrated Carbon Observation System, ICOS, produces standardised data on greenhouse gases, which is essential in understanding and mitigating climate change. Our data is being used by scientists as well as by governments and international organisations in their efforts to solve…

The average person surfing online might not realise it, but websites consume massive amounts of energy. To put this into perspective, it has been calculated that the internet consumes more electricity in a year than the entire United Kingdom. The more complex the website is, the more energy it…

The ICOS Carbon Portal is pleased to introduce its latest development on the Carbon Portal JupyterHub: a user-friendly tool for visualizing potential anomalies in ecosystem variables. It was developed by Ida Storm in collaboration with Verena Klasen who was working at the geoinformatics group at…

Right in the center of the Gulf of Trieste, the yellow Paloma station buoy rises 9 meters high, encompassed by miles of deep blue sea and eternal azure skies. This part of the Mediterranean is under-sampled with regards to air-sea exchanges of CO2 and related acidification - therefore measuring…

Head of Administration, Anne Malm, will leave ICOS at the end of the year 2023. Ms Malm has been responsible for ICOS ERIC finances and for Head Office IT and personnel matters since 2018. ICOS thanks Anne Malm for her efforts and contribution to the ICOS ERIC administration over the years, and…

The ICOS Atmosphere station Weybourne is located in the idyllic town of Weybourne on the North Norfolk coast in the United Kingdom. This picturesque, cosy little town sits right next to a beautiful long coastline that offers plenty of opportunities for leisurely walks, wildlife and bird-watching…

On 21 September 2023, the Baltic Sea Action Group, the European Parliament Intergroup for Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development and ICOS co-organised "Nature-based solutions to increase carbon sinks on land", an event held at the European Parliament and online…

What we see in the atmosphere can give us useful insights to understand the Earth’s carbon balance and the human role in causing climate change.

Among other tools, scientists can use concentration measurements at tall towers or mountains to observe the atmosphere. The first sustained…