LAboratory for Marine Physics (LAMP) is a subdivision of the Atlantic Branch of Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, one of the largest research institutions of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Located by the Baltic Sea, the Laboratory enjoys the opportunity of year-round investigations of hydrophysical processes in the sea, as well as contamination of its waters, bottom and beach sediments by plastic litter and microplastics particles.
The key topics under investigation are the microplastic contamination of the marine environment and the role of the Cold Intermediate Layer in general overturning circulation of the Baltic Sea. Physical oceanography, applied mathematics, and numerical modeling compose educational background of all the laboratory members.
On-going projects:
RSF-NSFC 25-47-00030 – “Aging and fragmentation of plastic wastes on marine beaches across latitudes”
RSF 24-17-00099 – “Mechanisms of sorting of plastic objects in the coastal zone of the sea and associated plastic mass fluxes within the coastal zone and into the open sea”
RSF 25-77-20001 – “Marine microplastic particles bed-load transport features on rough bottom”