Melnikov Permafrost Institute

Melnikov Permafrost Institute
Институт мерзлотоведения им. П. И. Мельникова
	; Melnikov Permafrost Institute
Agency overview
Formed	1960
Preceding agency	V.A.Obruchev Permafrost Institute;
Headquarters	36, Merzlotnaya str., Yakutsk, Russia, 677010
Agency executive	Mikhail Nikolaevich Zheleznyak, director;
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 edit

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

Divisions edit

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 edit

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

References edit

^ Will Vernon (18 September 2020). "Siberia's bizarre bumps (video)". BBC News.
^ 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.

External links edit

[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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