Melnikov Permafrost Institute

Melnikov Permafrost Institute
Институт мерзлотоведения им. П. И. Мельникова

Melnikov Permafrost Institute
Agency overview
Formed1960
Preceding agency
  • V.A.Obruchev Permafrost Institute
Headquarters36, Merzlotnaya str., Yakutsk, Russia, 677010
Agency executive
  • Mikhail Nikolaevich Zheleznyak, director
Parent agencySiberian 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

  1. ^ Will Vernon (18 September 2020). "Siberia's bizarre bumps (video)". BBC News.
  2. ^ Cryo-storage of seeds of rare and promising plants opened in Yakutia. RIA Novosti. Криохранилище семян редких и перспективных растений открылось в Якутии. РИА Новости.