Melnikov Permafrost Institute
Research institute in Russia
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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.
Formed1960
Preceding agency
- V.A.Obruchev Permafrost Institute
Agency executive
- Mikhail Nikolaevich Zheleznyak, director
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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]