Melnikov Permafrost Institute

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.

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]

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

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Method for Determining Air Content in Frozen Soil and other.[citation needed]

Divisions

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  • 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

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Cryo-storage of seeds of rare and promising plants was opened in 2012.[2]

References

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  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.
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