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Research themes

Study of the structure and internal dynamics of planets and their evolution through geological time.

By combining several approaches, study of major issues such as eruptions, earthquakes, tsunamis, landslides or magnetic storms.

Earth System Science

Measuring, understanding and modelling the functioning of our planet's surface, also called the Critical Zone.

Origins

Study of the primordial processes that led to the formation of the Solar System and the emergence of life on Earth.

News

04 June 2026

SOUFRIÈRE_50: a week to revisit fifty years of scientific progress and meet the challenges of 21st-century volcanology

Press Release - Fifty years after the 1976–1977 eruption of La Soufrière de Guadeloupe—an event that left a profound mark on Guadeloupe, as well as on...

02 June 2026

QVCT Week is back at the IPGP from 15 to 19 June 2026!

For the second year running, Quality of Life and Working Conditions Week (QVCT) is back at the IPGP. It’s an opportunity to strengthen bonds between c...

08 May 2026

Jean-Philippe Avouac featured at the U.S. National Academy of Sciences annual meeting

Jean-Philippe Avouac, Director of the Institut de physique du globe de Paris (IPGP) and Professor at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech),...

06 May 2026

Non-biological organic carbon recycled in Earth’s depths

A study published in Nature Communications, involving teams from the Institut de physique du globe de Paris, reveals a major and previously underestim...

30 April 2026

Geoffrey C. P. King (1943 - 2026)

With great sadness that we are sharing the news that Geoffrey C. P. King, who worked at the Institut de physique du globe de Paris from 1995 until his...

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