The permafrost monitoring network of Russia has increased to 78 stations, according to Irina Petrunina, Director of the Department of Competition, Energy Efficiency and Ecology at the Ministry of Economic Development.
The permafrost monitoring system will cover the entire area of its occurrence, which is 65% of Russia’s territory.
By the end of 2025, it is planned to commission 140 stations which conduct continuous automatic measurements of permafrost temperature at different depths.
The observation network will be deployed on the basis of the infrastructure of the Russian Hydrometeorological Service, interfax.ru reports.
Alex Shishlo, Editor in Chief of the European Bureau, Rough&Polished
