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2 July 2015
XXI Conference on Groundwater in Siberia and Far East
MPI hosted the XXI Conference on Groundwater in Siberia and Far East in Yakutsk from 22-26 June 2015. With 120 delegates and 59 presentations, the conference brought together academic researchers and practitioners, along with government officials to discuss region-wide groundwater issues. Special attention was given to potential groundwater uses in Yakutia for public supply, agriculture, balneotherapy, and recreation. Other important issues discussed included national groundwater legislation, hydrogeological education, and mineral extraction from ground and mine waters. All 122 papers accepted for the conference were published in the proceedings. The conference and publication were supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (Grant 15-05-20388), Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) Government, HYDEC Hydrological and Geoenvironmental Co. (Moscow), Institute of the Earth’s Crust (Irkutsk), and Melnikov Permafrost Institute (Yakutsk).
Last Updated on Monday, 26 October 2015 15:10 |
29 April 2015
Vozrozhdenie Chorus Celebrated 40th Anniversary
The Vozrozhdenie Chorus celebrated its 40th anniversary with a gala performance at Yakutsk Musical College on 24 April 2015. The program featured fourteen works spanning several genres. The chorus was established in April 1975 by Permafrost Institute members. Today it comprises 43 amateur singers from MPI, other institutes and local community. The chorus performs a wide variety of music from classical music to Russian and Yakut folk songs. It has sung for many musical events together with other choruses and orchestras. Performance highlights include Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana in 2004, Georgy Sviridov’s Songs of Kursk in 2005 and 2015, Sergei Prokofiev’s Alexander Nevsky in 2006, Karl Jenkins’ Requiem in 2010, Ludwig van Beethoven’s Ode to Joy in 2011, and V. Volodin’s Russian Songs suite in 2012.
Last Updated on Tuesday, 11 August 2015 13:55 |
20 April 2015
Conference on Climate Change Effects Held at MPI
On 16 April 2015, the Melnikov Permafrost Institute and the Yakutia Branch of Russian Geographical Society held the Third Regional Conference, Climate Change Effects on Permafrost Geosystems, in memory of two distinguished geocryologists, Prof., Dr. Maria Gavrilova and Prof., Dr. Petr Gavriliev. Two plenary, 10 oral and 5 poster papers were presented on climate change effects in the permafrost region of Yakutia, including CO2 emissions from larch forests, H+ migration in the biosphere, ground thermal regime along railroad corridors, rural communities, Suntar-Khayata glaciers, agricultural lands, urban lake chemistry, and heating season length.
Last Updated on Tuesday, 11 August 2015 13:42 |
5 June 2015
Gavrilova and Bosikov Memorial Unveiled
The distinguished figures in Yakutia’s science and culture, Dr. Maria Gavrilova and her husband Vasily Bosikov, have been commemorated with a memorial plaque installed at the Prospekt Lenina apartment house where they lived from 2000 to 2011. The memorial was unveiled on 29 May 2015 at a ceremony attended by city officials, colleagues, and family members. Gavrilova worked at the Permafrost Institute from her graduation from High School of Voeikov Main Geophysical Observatory in Leningrad in 1958 to her death in November 2010. She was internationally recognized for her studies on cold climates and permafrost. Gavrilova was the first to conduct complete microclimatic and surface energy balance observations in various physiographic regions. She organized ten year-round and over forty seasonal stations in western, eastern and southern Siberia, as well as in the Russian Far East and in Mongolia.
Last Updated on Tuesday, 11 August 2015 13:53 |
22 March 2015
Igarka site selected for the Spot5 (Take5) Experiment
The Igarka site of the MPI’s Igarka Geocryology Lab is in the final list of sites selected for the Spot5 (Take5) Experiment by ESA and CNES. From April to August 2015, the TOMCAR-Permafrost Project will be provided an access to the SPOT-5 images for the Igarka area. The Project collaborators, Laboratoire écologie fonctionnelle et environnement (ECOLAB), Centre d'Etudes Spatiales de la Biosphère (CESBIO), and Igarka Geocryology Lab, will use the images to estimate the dissolved carbon flux in the Yenisey River based on remotely sensed data and ground-truth observations.
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SPOT-5 Satellite Sensor Specifications