News of the Institute
Monday, 25 March 2024 18:31
World-famous oceanologist, Hero of Russia Anatoly Sagalevich made a report in St. Petersburg State Maritime Technical University
As part of the “Marine Robotics” seminar, held under the auspices of the St. Petersburg State Maritime Technical University (MINOTS), the United Shipbuilding Corporation and the Academician Krylov Scientific and Technical Organization, Soviet and Russian scientist, Doctor of Technical Sciences, chief researcher, professor of the…
Sunday, 03 March 2024 17:21
The 94th voyage of the RV Akademik Mstislav Keldysh ended on February 25, 2024
An expedition of the Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of RAS lasting almost 3 months took place on the RV Akademik Mstislav Keldysh and ended in the port of Kaliningrad on February 25, 2024. Scientists have made hydrological measurements for the first time in the Vidal Abyssal…
Saturday, 03 February 2024 16:53
On January 31, the Institute turned 78 years old
Dear colleagues, We congratulate the employees of the Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences on its birthday - the establishment of the Institute of Oceanology through the reorganization of the Laboratory of Oceanology on January 31, 1946, headed by Doctor of…
Monday, 29 January 2024 17:27
Dmitry Ilyich Frey was awarded the Moscow Government Prize for Young Scientists
Leading researcher at the Laboratory of Hydrological Processes of the Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences Dmitry Ilyich Frey, was awarded the Moscow Government Young Scientist Prize for 2023 in the Earth Sciences category for his…
Saturday, 30 December 2023 17:40
The “Leaders of Russia” competition has ended
Last weekend, the district finals of the Leaders of Russia competition ended. One of the finalists, head of the Ocean Optics Laboratory Dmitry Glukhovets, took part in the three-day event.
Saturday, 16 December 2023 18:52
Instrumental monitoring of the accumulative relief of the coastal zone in the Baltic Spit section
This year, employees of Zenkovich Laboratory of the Sea Shelf and Coasts completed instrumental monitoring of the accumulative relief of the coastal zone in the Baltic Spit section, where 11 series of measurements have been carried out since 2019.
Friday, 15 December 2023 18:19
On the directions of development of artificial intelligence technologies in geosciences
Mikhail Krinitsky, senior researcher of the Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences and head of the Laboratory of Machine Learning in Geosciences at MIPT, at the Congress of Young Scientists 2023, as part of a meeting with the President of the Russian…
Thursday, 14 December 2023 17:13
New data on biphyllid beetles from Baltic amber is important for understanding paleoclimate
An employee of the Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of RAS, together with colleagues from Latvia and Luxembourg, obtained interesting results when revising inclusions in Baltic amber.
Saturday, 02 December 2023 17:07
Discovery of the Equatorial Water Mass in the Atlantic Ocean
One of the most surprising properties of ocean water is the close relationship between temperature and salinity, with vertical profiles of temperature and salinity measured over hundreds or even thousands of kilometers showing a similar relationship between temperature and salinity.
Monday, 27 November 2023 12:35
Fossil hermit crab in the middle Cretaceous sediments of the Vladimir region
A new article by an international team of paleontologists with the participation of a senior researcher at the Atlantic Branch of the Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Eduard Mychko, reports on the discovery of a fossil hermit crab in mid-Cretaceous (110…
Saturday, 25 November 2023 17:20
XXV International Scientific Conference (School) on Marine Geology
From November 13 to 17, 2023, the Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences hosted the XXV International Scientific Conference (School) on Marine Geology, dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the founder of the School, Academician Alexander Petrovich Lisitzin.
Friday, 24 November 2023 13:01
Young scientists and university students were awarded RAS medals
On November 14, a meeting of members of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences was held at the Russian Academy of Sciences, during which the head of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Academician Gennady Krasnikov, awarded young scientists and university students who became…
Wednesday, 15 November 2023 11:48
Dear friends, oceanologists!
On November 12, 2023, Don Walsh, the first conqueror of the deepest point in the World Ocean, the Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench, passed away.
Friday, 10 November 2023 17:52
Science Festival “Science 0+”
The Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences took part in the science festival “Science 0+” for the second year in a row. We tell you how it was and share photos! This year the theme of the festival is "Ocean of…
Tuesday, 10 October 2023 17:54
An article by IO RAS staff was included in the top 15 best articles in the Journal of Marine Science and Engineering for 2022
Top 15 Editor's Choice Articles in 2022 published. 11th place in the ranking was taken by the article of the Deputy Director for Scientific Work of the Marine Engineering Department, Head of the Ocean Acoustics Laboratory, Leading Researcher A.G. Ostrovsky and co-authors.
Friday, 25 August 2023 16:46
On possible candidates for the post of director of the IO RAS
The head of the Section of Oceanology, Atmospheric Physics and Geography of the ONZ RAS, Academician Gennady Grigorievich Matishov, sent a letter to all members of the Section about possible candidates for the position of director of the Shirshov Institute of Oceanology.
Tuesday, 01 August 2023 16:25
Alexey Valentinovich Sokov resigned as director of the IO RAS
On July 27, 2023, Alexey Valentinovich Sokov left the post of director of the IO RAS at his own request. In accordance with the order of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation No. 10-2/198 p-o dated July 27, 2023, the temporary…
Saturday, 29 July 2023 16:41
Exploration of the underwater volcano Piipa
Scientists from the Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, together with colleagues, studied the benthic fauna of the hydrothermal communities of the Piip underwater volcano in the southwestern part of the Bering Sea. In total, 130 species of macro- and megafauna…
Thursday, 13 July 2023 16:09
To the 100th anniversary of the birth of Academician Alexander Petrovich Lisitzin
On July 3, 2023, the Scientific Council dedicated to the 100th anniversary of Academician Alexander Petrovich Lisitzin was held at the Shirshov Institute of Oceanology RAS. Not only employees of the institute took part in it. The meeting was attended by members of the family…
Saturday, 08 July 2023 14:13
The laboratory of bio-hydrochemistry is working on the offshore section of the Gelendzhik carbon test site
The Laboratory of bio-hydrochemistry is working on the offshore section of the Gelendzhik carboniferous range at the Southern Branch of the Institute of Oceanology of RAS. The purpose of the work is to assess the emission and absorption of greenhouse gases at the water-atmosphere boundary, the…
