Blog post by Elisa Vainio and Mariana Salgado for the IRISCC project
Identifying the obstacles to implementing carbon farming practices and developing strategies to overcome them is a crucial first step in establishing a Service Design Lab focused on Carbon Sequestration. This initiative…
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The Nord Stream gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea were damaged in September 2022, leading to the release of an enormous amount of methane into the atmosphere. A new study, published in Nature, has now estimated the quantity of methane emitted due to the leaks. The article features…
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The latest preliminary data from Finland's 2023 greenhouse gas inventory reveals that forests have shifted from being a carbon sink to a carbon source. The latest inventory indicates that forests became a source of carbon in 2021. The change is attributed to increased logging, rising emissions…
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Recently, we highlighted some presentations from ICOS Science Conference 2024 that made extensive use of ICOS data, and/or benefited from collaboration with the ICOS community of researchers.
This time we’re highlighting a pair of studies presented in Versailles which make use…
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We are pleased to announce that 35 successful applicants have now been offered a place at the 8th ICOS Summer School!
The 8th ICOS Summer School will welcome 35 participants from 16 countries: Belgium, Brazil, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy,…
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Lampedusa, a tiny Italian island in the heart of the Mediterranean, is best known as a first stop for refugees fleeing North Africa. Beneath its turbulent reputation, the rugged island carved by wind and waves, is also a critical node in the ICOS greenhouse gas monitoring network.
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The International Conference on Research Infrastructures (ICRI) is a high-level stakeholder forum for the global research infrastructure (RI) community to discuss the role of RIs in tackling some of the world’s most pressing challenges. This year’s conference, held in Brisbane, focused…
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The Urban Greenhouse Gas Conference and Stakeholder Summit will take place at the WMO premises in Geneva, Switzerland and online 7-9 April 2025.
The conference is jointly organised by the WMO Integrated Global Greenhouse Gas Information System and the ICOS Cities project.
The…
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The ICOS Cities event 'Science meets City 2024' wasn't a typical conference. Held last week in Barcelona with online participation, it brought together a powerful force: nearly 75 city representatives and leading scientists, all united in the fight against climate change.
The focus was on…
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ICOS would not be ICOS without the work and collaboration that takes place across member institutions and countries. Making sure that our community can be sustained for the long term is therefore an important task for the research infrastructure (RI).
Work package 3 of the ICOS-…
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