Adjacent to the first Marine Protected Area in Italy, the Miramare station buoy assists in monitoring ecological and oceanographic processes in the northernmost part of the Adriatic Sea. The station data gives an insight into how marine ecosystems in protected coastal areas respond to the increase of CO₂ in the atmosphere.

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The draft programme and the full list of accepted abstracts for the ICOS Science Conference 2024 have now been published online.  

ICOS, Integrated Carbon Observation System, is pleased to announce that after passing a rigorous quality assurance process, four new measurement stations have received the status of an ICOS labelled station. The station labelling was confirmed by the ICOS General Assembly on 14th May 2024. The newly labelled stations are located in Hungary, Germany and Italy. Warm congratulations to the personnel working at these stations, as well as the institutes responsible for them!

2024 sees some changes in the personnel of the three ICOS Monitoring Station Assemblies (MSAs). 

In the Atmosphere MSA, Dagmar Kubistin goes from being co-chair to chair, replacing Paolo Cristofanelli in the role. Arnoud Frumau is the new co-chair.