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Earth’s Cryosphere

2025 year, number 3

A MAN WHO EXPANDS THE HORIZONS OF KNOWLEDGE OF THE CRYOSPHERE (on the 85th anniversary of Academician V.P. Melnikov)

D.S. Drozdov1,2, A.N. Nesterov1, R.Yu. Fedorov1, V.I. Nazarova3, A.G. Skvortsov1
1Earth Cryosphere Institute, Tyumen Scientific Centre, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Tyumen, Russia
2Sergo Ordzhonikidze Russian State University for Geological Prospecting, Moscow, Russia
3Tyumen Scientific Centre, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Tyumen, Russia
Keywords: permafrost, Earth’s cryosphere, climatic changes, frozen grounds

Abstract

Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Vladimir Pavlovich Melnikov celebrates his 85th birthday on July 5, 2025. The main milestones of V.P. Melnikov’s scientific biography are considered. His contribution to the creation of a holistic image of the Earth’s cryosphere and the formation of new directions of cryology is analyzed.