Melnikov Permafrost Institute
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Институт мерзлотоведения им. П. И. Мельникова | |
Melnikov Permafrost Institute | |
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Formed | 1960 |
Preceding agency |
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Headquarters | 36, Merzlotnaya str., Yakutsk, Russia, 677010 |
Agency executive |
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Parent agency | Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences |
Website | [1] |
Melnikov Permafrost Institute of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science (Russian: Институт мерзлотоведения имени П. И. Мельникова СО РАН) is a research institute based in Yakutsk, Russia, a city built on continuous permafrost. It was founded in 1960.
In 2020, with global heating thawing the ground, the Institute is measuring the rate at which the permafrost is thawing, which affects the city as well as the climate.[1]
Inventions
Method for Determining Air Content in Frozen Soil and other.[citation needed]
Divisions
- Laboratory of General Geocryology
- Laboratory of Permafrost Geothermics
- Laboratory of Permafrost Landscapes
- Laboratory of Permafrost Groundwater and Geochemistry
- Laboratory of Permafrost Engineering
- Geoinformatics Group
- Vilyui Permafrost Research Station
- North-Eastern Permafrost Station
- Igarka Geocryological Laboratory
- Kazakhstan Alpine Permafrost Laboratory
Cryo-storage
Cryo-storage of seeds of rare and promising plants was opened in 2012.[2]
References
External links
- Melnikov Permafrost Institute of the Siberian Branch of the RAS. SB RAS.
- Indigenous Water Testing in Remote Russia. National Geographic.
- Russia’s River Villages: An Icy Grave. National Geographic.
- Melnikov Permafrost Institute. Lonely Planet.
- Melnikov Permafrost Institute (MPI), SB RAS. Nature Index.
- P.I. Melnikov Permafrost Institute, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. ERA-LEARN 2020
- Members of the Permafrost Institute received RGO membership cards. Russian Geographical Society. Сотрудники Института мерзлотоведения получили членские билеты РГО. Русское географическое общество. (in Russian)
- Official website (in English)
- Official website (in Russian)
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