Within the framework of state order of the budget program at the Department executed four research projects:

1) «Development of a geographical basis of water security of the Kazakhstan Republic in terms of climatic and anthropogenic changes of river water». (Supervisor - Doctor of Geographical Sciences, Professor Galperin R.I.).

2) «Scientific basis for optimizing the use of natural resources and sustainable development in a changing climate». (Supervisor - Doctor of Geographical Sciences, Professor Cherednychenko V.S.).

3) «Development of methods, models and GIS technologies to control, analyze and forecast the dynamics of desertification processes in the territory of the Kazakhstan Republic». (Supervisor - Doctor of Geographical Sciences, Professor Salnikov V.G.).

4) «Research of the formation and disappearance of the snow cover in the Northern Kazakhstan in terms of global climate change, according to the monitoring of ground and space». (Supervisor - Doctor of Geographical Sciences, Professor Salnikov V.G.).

Scientific results:

- Create an information base on annual average, minimum and maximum water runoff, characteristics drying and pre freezing watercourses, the maximum water levels. Database will allow to produce a research to assess the statistical generalizations water hazards.

- Produced the analysis of the hydrological study of the territory. Revealed that it isn’t insufficient to adequately assess the full characteristics of the water hazard. In particular, it requires reconstruction of the original series.

- Contacted with Committee on Water Resources and its divisions, collected information on the use of surface water resources in each of the Water economy basins, as well as for individual rivers. Materials will evaluate the extent of human impact on water objects and to a certain extent to restore the natural (climatic) runoff.

- Reconstructed the series of monthly minimum and daily water discharges (140 station), the maximum expenses (89 station) and water levels (55 station) in alignments of hydrological stations.

- Structured data base contains a maximum of the accumulated information on the minimum and maximum runoff, allowing even in insufficient hydrological research of the territory to perform tasks on the research of water hazards. Reconstructed series features maximum and minimum runoff allow for sufficiently reliable statistical generalizations.

- Reconstructed long series of extreme hydrological characteristics recommended for scientific generalizations, in particular design, to assess the local water hazards.

- Established a database, including the reconstructed series, has no analogues. It is much fuller information previously established generalizations considered territory. When compiling used modern scientific concepts and methodology that provides a basis for concluding that a high scientific level of research results.

- Studied the temperature regime features of the winter season in the Northern Kazakhstan. Increase in surface air temperature of the cold period occurred at a speed of 0,66 °C for every 10 years. In northern Kazakhstan are several years with abnormally low temperatures of the cold period. This is 1972, 1974, 1977, 1996, 2006 and 2008, when the negative anomalies in January were 1,5-3 °C, and sometimes more than 5 °C. In the past 20 years, the temperature of the cold period was often higher than normal, calculated for 1971 and 2000. The highest temperature in the observed area was observed in 2002, when it was above the norm by 3-4 °C. Precipitation regime changed ambiguous on the territory of Northern Kazakhstan. The annual rainfall observed both positive and negative trends, and only in some cases they are statistically significant. Winter precipitation increased significantly in the central areas of the considered territory.

- The snow cover in the northern Kazakhstan in November-December, and its formation is from north to south the territory in question. In North Kazakhstan and Akmola regions it is formed from 5 to 12 November, in Kostanai region marked delay 8-10 days (14-21 November).

- Destruction of stable snow cover occurs within two months - March and April. Earliest destruction of stable snow cover was observed in the north of February 20 - March 5, at the latest - April 25-28. Almost the entire territory of Northern Kazakhstan steady snow cover melts 1 to April 10. Value of the standard deviations of dates vanishing stable snow cover is 7-12 days. One of the important characteristics of the climate is the duration of occurrence of stable snow cover in the Northern Kazakhstan the average duration of occurrence of stable snow cover ranges from 118 to 160 days.

- Studied the structure features of the hydrographic network of Northern Kazakhstan Rivers. Along with a rare network of rivers, the hallmark of hydrography this territory is a relatively large number of temporary streams which operate only in a short period of spring snowmelt.

- The technique of space monitoring of formation and disappearance of the snow cover. For operational monitoring using satellite imagery from NOAA satellites and MODIS, which cover a large area, which is important.

- An electronic database of air temperature for November -March 20 stations in the Northern Kazakhstan.

International Projects

1) TEMPUS -1 - 2012 -1-UK-TEMPUS - JPCR «Integrating Water cycle management: building capability, capacity and impact in Education and Business».

2) Chang'an University, Institute of Water and development. Hydroecology and water security in arid and semi-arid areas.

3) International University of Nature, Society and Man "Dubna". Justification, development and implementation of scientific and educational programs in the training of personnel in the design and management of sustainable innovative energy-ecological development in the regions, industries and enterprises of the Kazakhstan Republic.