Past and Future of Permafrost Monitoring: Stability of Russian Energetic Infrastructure

• Published in: Energies
• Main Authors: Vladimir P. Melnikov, Victor I. Osipov, Anatoli V. Brouchkov, Svetlana V. Badina, Marat R. Sadurtdinov, Dmitry S. Drozdov, Galina V. Malkova, Mikhail N. Zheleznyak, Oleg V. Zhdaneev, Nikolay A. Ostarkov, Alexei B. Osokin, Dmitrii O. Sergeev, Vladimir A. Dubrovin, Mikhail E. Kuznetsov, Konstantin N. Frolov, Andrey G. Alekseev, Roman Y. Fedorov
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2022
• Subjects: climate warming; permafrost; monitoring; thaw; damage; energetic infrastructure; Technology; T; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/en15093190; https://doaj.org/article/44429dead284452a8f5a0a71b3e63217

This study is an attempt to suggest a new state system of permafrost monitoring, primarily for energetic infrastructure, based on past approaches and achievements in Russia for over a hundred years of Arctic studies. The methodology of this study is based on general theoretical methods of scientific research. Historical (retrospective analysis of the development of the monitoring system of long-term permafrost in Russia) and logical (inductive generalization) methods were applied. The structure and methods of permafrost monitoring in the Soviet Union and new technologies used nowadays to establish permafrost monitoring systems, taking into account modern Arctic energetic development, have been analyzed.