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[]

Method for Determining Air Content in Frozen Soil, Method and Apparatus for Determining Volume and Density of Soil Particles, Apparatus for Heat Exchange of Liquids and Gases, Method for Determining Frost Heave during Active Layer Freezeback, Pile for Permafrost, Device for Cooling Permafrost Soils, Method for Production of a Pile Foundation for Permafrost, Device for Stabilization of Indoor Temperature 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)