On November 13, Acting Director of the Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences V.P. Shevchenko and Chairman of the Board of the newly established Kazakh Scientific Research Institute of the Caspian Sea in Astana S.K. Akhmetov signed a Memorandum of Understanding, which will mark the beginning of a collaboration between scientists from the two scientific organizations on joint study of the Caspian Sea.

For active participation in the Second Caspian International Hydrographic Conference on navigational and hydrographic support for shipping in the Caspian Sea, A.G. Kostianoy received a letter of thanks from the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, Admiral A.A. Moiseyev.

At the invitation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, staff members of the IO RAS, Doctor of Biological Sciences, Chief Researcher T.A. Shiganova and Doctor of Geographical Sciences, Leading Researcher A.S. Kazmin, visited the Institute of Oceanology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IO CAS) (Qingdao, Shandong Province) on a working scientific visit from June 17 to July 3, 2025.

Scientists from Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences studied the Black Sea beaches for various types of pollution. In particular, oceanologies took samples of loose soil to assess the degree of pollution of the coastal strip, and also analyzed the state of microphytobenthos - microalgae, cyanobacteria and protozoa capable of photosynthesis and developing in the surface layer of bottom sediments.

 

On August 11-12, a visiting meeting of the Council under the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation on issues of ensuring the development of carbon balance control technologies was held. The meeting was held in the city of Volgograd at the Federal Scientific Center for Agroecology, Integrated Land Reclamation and Protective Afforestation of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

 

S.K. Klimenko and A.Yu. Ivanov, employees of the Laboratory of Ocean Optics of the Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, analyzed the available data of Earth remote sensing (ERS) from space, which showed the fuel oil pollution of the Kerch Strait and the waters of the Black Sea pre-strait, which occurred as a result of the sinking of the tankers Volgoneft-212 and Volgoneft-239 on December 15, 2024.

 

During a scientific expedition organized by Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences from June 24 to July 11, scientists conducted studies of coastal benthic communities of the northeastern coast of the Black Sea. The work was carried out at seven points between the village of Dzhemete (Moscow region of Anapa) and the village of Lermontovo (Tuapse district).

Leading researcher of Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences Dmitry Glukhovets successfully completed training under the program for the development of the management personnel reserve of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia. The ceremonial completion of the program took place at the Senezh Management Workshop on June 4, 2025.

 

Scientists from Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of RAS and other leading Russian scientific institutions have developed proposals for organizing comprehensive monitoring of the ecosystems of the Black Sea coast after the oil spill resulting from the tanker accident in December 2024.

 

Scientists from the Laboratory of Bio-Hydrochemistry of Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, together with employees of the Astrakhan State Nature Reserve, have completed an expedition to the Volga River Delta and the Northern Caspian Sea, conducted to study the impact of a decrease in the Volga River runoff and a drop in the Caspian Sea level on the state of the local ecosystem.