Greenhouse gas measuring satellites have excellent spatial coverage – often on a global scale – and high temporal frequency. However, they can struggle with measurement accuracy and precision, as clouds, aerosols and water vapour interfere with measurements thereby reducing accuracy, especially…
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Between 22nd-23rd January 2025, technicians and staff from the University of Galway and ICOS Central Analytical Laboratory (ICOS CAL, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry) completed the installation of an automatic flask sampler at Mace Head on the west coast of Ireland as part of the…
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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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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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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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The 7th ICOS Summer School – which took place in August 2024 in Wageningen, the Netherlands - was a summer school with a twist. This year’s Summer School was a collaboration between the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) and the ICOS-coordinated Horizon Europe project NUBICOS.
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In 2025 ICOS will organise the already 8th edition of the ICOS Summer School. It will be held at the completely renewed facilities of the Hyytiälä forest field station in Finland from Monday 5 May until Thursday 15 May 2025.
It is open for any interested student from final year of…
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Faced with all too frequent crises induced by climate change like droughts, wildfires and floods, the need for high-quality science that serves society is more acute than ever. Over the past 15 years, ICOS has developed from an implementation phase to today’s operational phase facilitating…
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