Research on environmental sustainability
PROJECT "CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY"
Project manager – Popryadukhin Vladimir Nikolaevich (https://www.ecosociety.ru/experts/)
Deputy project manager – Beskorovaev Vadim Vladimirovich, environmental auditor, expert of the Russian Ecological Society (https://www.ecosociety.ru/experts/)
LABORATORIES AND SCIENTIFIC DIVISIONS OF THE CENTER:
1. Laboratory of geoecological monitoring
Head - Bondarovich A.A., Candidate of Geographical Sciences, an associate professor
Areas of ongoing research and grants:
– integrated geoecological monitoring of geosystems in the south of Western Siberia and the Central Asian region with the purpose of studying natural and anthropogenic processes in the context of global climate change
– development and implementation of methods for effective measurement of climatic parameters in the atmosphere and soil to study climate change, soil erosion and water balance, soil moisture dynamics and its availability to plants under natural conditions and within agrocenoses
– scientific support of work on the selection of drought-resistant crops and study of various farming technologies using new generation measuring equipment
– development of a network of monitoring stations in Altai Krai and equipping them with new generation field measuring equipment
– development of methods of dendrochronological analysis for the reconstruction and forecast of climate change
– development and implementation of data mining software, applied geoinformation systems and technologies in the field of geoecological monitoring and territorial development
– development of databases of results of geoecological monitoring and territorial development
– training of scientific and pedagogical personnel through the participation of the Laboratory staff in the implementation of educational programs for undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate studies, as well as through the development of various forms of research activities of students as extra-curricular activities
Publications:
• The Application of Digital Monitoring in Studying Soil Water Holding Capacity and Implications for Conservation Agriculture in the South-Western Siberia/ IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 2021
• Soil Moisture and Evapotranspiration / KULUNDA: CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURE: SOUTH SIBERIAN AGRO-STEPPE AS PIONEERING REGION FOR SUSTAINABLE LAND USE, 2020
• Measurement and estimation of evapotranspiration in semiarid grassland during the summer season in southwest Siberia / Eurasian Journal of Soil Science, 2019
• Estimating regional soil organic carbon stocks merging classified land use information with detailed soil data / Science of the Total Environment, 2019
• Do ARMA Models Provide Better Gap Filling in Time Series of Soil Temperature and Soil Moisture? The Case of Arable Land in the Kulunda Steppe, Russia/ Land, 2021
2. Laboratory for Physical Problems of Monitoring Agrosystems (together with L.V. Kirensky Institute of Physics SB RAS)
Head – Shcherbinin Vsevolod Vladislavovich, Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, an associate professor
Areas of ongoing research and grants:
– physics of radio waves and physical foundations of remote sensing in the radio range
– devices and equipment for geoecological monitoring
– experimental research in the field of physics of dielectrics (in particular, soils of Altai Krai and the Arctic)
– participation in the creation and maintenance of a climate monitoring network, ensuring the operation of an automated complex for observing meteorological parameters in Altai Krai: soil-climatic stations in the village of Poluyamki (Mikhailovsky district) and the village of Pervomaisky (Mamontovsky district); meteorological stations in the village of Druzhba (Zonalny district) and on the basis of the Blue Rock practice (Charyshsky district), etc.
Publications:
• Meissner R., Bondarovich A.A., Shcherbinin V.V., Ponkina E.V., Matsyura A.V., Puzanov A.V., Rupp H., Schmidt G., Stefan E., Illiger P., Fruauf M., Kharlamova N.F., Galakhov V.P., Balykin D.V., Rudev N.V. Calculation of water balance for the south desert area of Western Siberia by International Monitoring Network data // Biological Bulletin of Bogdan Chmelnitskiy Melitopol State Pedagogical University. - 2016 - No. 6 (2)
• Meissner R., Belyaev V.I., Bondarovich A.A., Ponkina E.V., Shcherbinin V.V., Bykov N.I. Comparative analysis of thermal regime of southern chernozems in the Kulunda dry steppe (Altai Region) // Bulletin of the Altai State Agrarian University. - 2017 - No. 11 (157)
• Puzanov A.V., Balykin D.N., Bondarovich A.A., Shcherbinin V.V., Shibistova O., Stefan E., Meissner R. Evaluation of soil water balance using gravity weighed lysimeters. Land reclamation and water management -2016 -N2 (March-April) - p.6-10
• Schmidt G., Bondarovich A.A., Shcherbinin V.V., Ponkina E.V., Kharlamova N.F., Matsyura A.V., Stefan E., Illiger P., Rudev N.V., Kozhanov N.A. Results of operation of the international agricultural-meteorological and soil-hydrological monitoring network in Kulunda Plain (south of Western Siberia, 2013-2015). Acta Biologica Sibirica -2016.- N2 (Vol.2) - p.89-102
3. Laboratory of Space Monitoring and Computer Technologies (together with the Institute of Computational Technologies of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences)
Head – Lagutin Anatoly Alekseevich, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Professor, Head of the Scientific School in Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics, Director of the Scientific Research Institute for Environmental Monitoring of Altai State University. Head of the advanced training program "Remote sensing of the Earth from space: the importance of data for science, education and the national economy" for scientific and pedagogical workers of state educational institutions of higher professional education
Areas of ongoing research and grants:
– development of promising geoinformation and computational models, methods and technologies for solving the problems of operational regional monitoring based on remote sensing data
– creation of systems for operational and long-term storage of remote sensing data and means of access to them based on modern information, telecommunication and web technologies
– standardization and cataloging of pre-processed remote sensing data
– creation and sharing of distributed computing and information and telecommunication resources for solving problems of regional monitoring
– training of personnel, including highly qualified, in the field of geoinformation technologies and remote sensing
– methodological and technological support for solving applied monitoring problems in the interests of Altai Krai and other regions of the Siberian Federal District
– RSF grant “Energy Spectra and Mass Composition of Cosmic Rays According to the TAIGA Astrophysical Complex: Development of New Methods and Reconstruction Techniques” on the basis of the MSU-ISU Astrophysical Complex for the study of ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays
Publications:
• Astroclimate of the High Mountain Plains of the Greater Altai, According to Satellite Remote Sensing Data: Potential for Deploying a Full-Scale Gamma Astronomy Experiment / Bulletin of the Russian Academy of Sciences: Physics – 2022
• Astroclimatic Conditions of the Altai Republic According to Satellite Observations / CEUR Workshop Proceedings – 2020
• Relation of climate change in the Arctic with the frequency of extreme wind gusts in the south of Western Siberia in the winter period of 2000-2021 / Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering – 2021
• Satellite monitoring of atmospheric temperature profiles and cloud cover over the Yakut EAS array and the TAIGA observatory / Journal of Physics: Conference Series – 2019
• Verification of the chemical subsystem of the regional climate model RegCM-CHEM4 / CEUR Workshop Proceedings – 2021
4. Laboratory for comprehensive research of natural and socio-economic systems in the field of adaptation to global environmental changes (together with M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University and the Institute of Water and Environmental Problems of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences)
Head – Rotanova Irina Nikolaevna, Candidate of Geographical Sciences, an associate professor
Directions of ongoing research and grants:
– ecological and geographical research
– thematic and ecological mapping
– creation of geographic information systems
– processing of aerospace information
– protection of nature
– environmental education
Publications:
• Relevance of developing an ecological and agricultural atlas of Altai Krai. Geographical science, tourism and education: modern problems and development prospects: materials of the VII All-Russian scientific and practical conference (Novosibirsk, April 27, 2018) / Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, Novosib. state ped. un-t; Novosib. region. Department of the All-Russian Societies. Organizations "Russian Geographical Society"; Institute of Soil Science and Agrochemistry SB RAS; Region. Societies. Organization "Association of Teachers of Geography of the Novosibirsk Region" - Novosibirsk: Publishing house of NGPU, 2018 - P. 31-34
• Rotanova I.N., Gaida V.V. Ecological landscape GIS of Altai Krai. Agrarian science - agriculture: a collection of materials: in 2 books. / XIV International Scientific and Practical Conference (February 7-8, 2019). - Barnaul: RIO Altai State Agrarian University, 2019 - Book. 1. - P. 396-398
• Selezneva E.V., Rotanova I.N. The concept of a transboundary nature protection and tourist area and the possibility of its organization in Western Altai. Proceedings of the XIV International Conference "Natural Conditions, History, Culture and Language of Western Mongolia and Adjacent Regions", Part 1, Khovd State University, Mongolia, Khovd, Soyombo Printing, 2019, P. 151-156
• Potential for organizing a transboundary nature protection and tourist area in the Western Altai. Cross-border regions in the context of global changes: modern challenges and development prospects: materials of the international scientific and practical conference (November 26-28, 2019) - Gorno-Altaisk: BIC GAGU, 2019 - P. 195-199
• Analysis of natural and anthropogenic factors of the projected transboundary nature protection and tourist area of Western Altai. Materials of the All-Russian student conference with international participation "Geoecology: theory and practice", Moscow, RUDN University, November 20-21, 2020
• Geoinformation-cartographic ecological-phytogeographical landscape analysis of Altai Krai. Actual problems of natural sciences: materials of the international scientific-practical conference. - Petropavlovsk: SKU them. M. Kozybaeva, 2021 - P. 241-244
5. Ecological and chemical center
Head - Yeshchenko Elena Grigorievna, Candidate of Agricultural Sciences, an associate professor
Directions of ongoing research and grants:
– quantitative chemical (instrumental) analysis of natural and technical objects of various nature (geological, biological, oils, fats, metallurgical products, soils, oil products, ashes, wastewater, etc.)
– monitoring of agricultural land, agrochemical and ecological-toxicological examination of soils
– forecast of changes in fertility indicators
– analysis of soils and covers for a wide range of fertility and safety indicators: determination of acidity; organic matter (humus); nitrogen; phosphorus; potassium; trace elements; heavy metals; radionuclides; pesticides
– development and implementation of methods, recommendations and technologies to preserve and improve soil fertility
Publications:
• Geodetic, cartographic support of land management and cadastre using unmanned aerial vehicles / Actual problems of geodesy, cadastre, regional land and nature management: materials of the II Intern. scientific-practical. conf. - Tyumen: FGBOU VO "Tyumen Industrial University", 2018 - P. 110-115
• Determining the boundaries of water protection zones using modern remote sensing technologies / Geodesy, land management and cadastres: problems and development prospects, dedicated to the 100th anniversary of Soviet geodesy and cartography: collection of materials of the I Intern. scientific-pract. conf. – Omsk: FSBEI HE “Omsk State Agrarian University named after P.A. Stolypin", 2019 - P. 45-49
6. Laboratory for Monitoring Geospheric-Biospheric Processes (together with the Institute of Monitoring Climatic and Ecological Systems of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences)
Head - Silantyeva Marina Mikhailovna, Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor, Head of the advanced training program for scientific and pedagogical workers of federal state budgetary educational institutions of higher professional education "Legal regulation of environmental protection with the basics of ecology and nature management"
Areas of ongoing research and grants:
– assessment of the state of arable and hay lands of the economy using satellite data and GIS technologies
– survey of territories and ecological expertise of anthropogenic transformation of ecosystems – habitats of rare plant species and animal habitats in Altai Krai
– field work on the study of the biology and ecology of living objects in the territory of Altai Krai and neighboring regions of southern Siberia, including the territories of protected areas
– study of the population structure and ecological-coenotic distribution of animal and plant species
– assessment of anthropogenic degradation and bioindication of the ecological state of natural ecosystems
– Project "Priority-2030" "Development and implementation of innovative technologies of steppe land use for the conservation, restoration and effective use of the landscape and biological diversity of steppe farmlands"
Publications:
• Dynamics of the bioclimatic potential of agroecological zones of the Altai Territory in the conditions of modern climatic and anthropogenic changes / Acta Biologica Sibirica. – 2022
• Ecological-based adaptation of agriculture to the soil and climatic conditions in Russian steppe/ UKRAINIAN JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY – 2019
• Influence of Moisture and Temperature Regimes on the Phytolith Assemblage Composition of Mountain Ecosystems of the Mid Latitudes: A Case Study from the Altay Mountains
/ FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION – 2019
• The state of agrocenoses and hay meadows in the farms of the Prialeiskaya soil-climatic zone (Altai Territory) The state of agrocenosises and hayfield meadows in farm units of Prialeisk soil and climate zone (Altai Krai)/ Acta Biologica Sibirica – 2022
Publications on the University research on the climate and environmental agenda
Why Altai needs a carbon landfill, it was told at an open lecture at Altai State University
Ecological project of AltSU undergraduate collected more than a ton of batteries for recycling
AltSU scientists work with farmers to develop agribusiness digitalization in the region
AltSU sociologists study how people adapt to life in harsh climate and permafrost