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Eighty years ago, the Presidium of the USSR Academy of Sciences established the Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IO RAS). On the occasion of its anniversary, Gennady Krasnikov, head of the Russian Academy of Sciences,… 
On January 31, 2026, the Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences celebrates its 80th anniversary! 
A press conference by Andrey GEBRUK, Deputy Director for Research at the Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, dedicated to the 80th anniversary of Russia's leading marine science research center. 
Scientists from the Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences conducted a unique study of wave processes in the Vilkitsky Strait, a key area of the Northern Sea Route (NSR) connecting the Kara Sea with the Laptev… 
On January 6, 2026 during a visit to India by A.G. Matul, Head of the Laboratory of Paleoecology and Biostratigraphy at the Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of Russian Academy of Sciences, and Thamban Meloth, Director of the National Centre for… 
Preliminary results obtained during the 60th voyage of the R/V Akademik Nikolay Strakhov to the Barents Sea, which concluded in November, identified large sand ridges up to 8 meters high at sites near Kolguyev Island and the Kanin Peninsula, formed… 
During a press conference at the Rossiya Segodnya International News Agency on December 18, 2025, the head of the Russian Science Foundation summarized the year's results, announcing the most significant scientific achievements of Russian scientists. One such achievement was the study… 
On December 11, 2025 Acting Director of the Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of Russian Academy of Sciences Vladimir Shevchenko and Secretary of the Party Committee of the Shandong University of Science and Technology (Qingdao, Shandong Province, P.R. China) Junsong Wang… 
At the personal invitation of the First Deputy Governor of the Arkhangelsk Region – Chairman of the Government of the Arkhangelsk Region A.V. Alsufyev and the Lomonosov Foundation (President of the Foundation, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences…
