Shirshov Institute of Oceanology

The Shirshov Institute of Oceanology (P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology (IO) RAN, ) is the premier research institution for ocean, climate, and earth science in Russia. It was established in 1946 and is part of the Russian Academy of Sciences. It is headquartered in Moscow. The institute is named after Pyotr Shirshov, who founded it in 1946. Notable past or present researchers Biologists Igor Akimushkin (d. 1993) Climate scientists Olga Zolina