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Research themes

Earth and Planetary Interiors

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

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

Komatiites reveal that Earth's surface water reached the deep mantle over 3.6 billion years ago

03 August 2026

Komatiites reveal that Earth's surface water reached the deep mantle over 3.6 billion years ago

A new study led by Dr. Zheng-Yu Long and Prof. Frédéric Moynier, researchers at the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP/Université Paris Cité...

Satellites reveal irreversible damage in a major California aquifer

27 July 2026

Satellites reveal irreversible damage in a major California aquifer

A study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), to which Kristel Chanard, Manon Dalaison and Jean-Philippe Avouac of the ...

Academic research: a key lever for addressing the water challenge in Africa... and elsewhere!

21 July 2026

Academic research: a key lever for addressing the water challenge in Africa... and elsewhere!

A new Nature Sustainability publication to which Essam Heggy (lecturer-researcher at IPGP) contributed, reveals how stronger support for African-focus...

A new isotopic clue reveals the origin of the asteroid responsible for the extinction of the dinosaurs

17 July 2026

A new isotopic clue reveals the origin of the asteroid responsible for the extinction of the dinosaurs

A study led by Georgy V. Makhatadze, a postdoctoral researcher at the Institut de physique du globe de Paris (Université Paris Cité / CNRS) under the ...

A remnant from Earth's early history identified in an active volcano near Mayotte

10 July 2026

A remnant from Earth's early history identified in an active volcano near Mayotte

A study led by scientists from the Institut de physique du globe de Paris, in collaboration with the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, reveals...

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Key figures

103

103

years of science for the planet in 2024

4

4

French active volcanoes monitored by the IPGP

500

500

members of staff approximately (researchers, engineers, technicians, administrative staff, post-docs and PhD candidates)

1

1

observatory on Mars (mission completed in 2022)

404

404

publications in 2022 (including 37 in high impact journals such as Nature, Science and PNAS)

8

8

locations: Guadeloupe, Martinique, Reunion Island, Chambon-la-Forêt, Champs-sur-Marne and 2 locations in Paris

Agenda

26 Aug

Soutenances de thèses

Impact of Post-orogenic Thermal, Compositional, and Structural Inheritance on Continental Rifting in the South China Sea

Speaker: Fan Zhou (École Normale Supérieure)

10 Sep

Séminaires Systèmes Volcaniques

Where Fire Meets Water: Exploring the Interaction Between Volcanoes and Water

Speaker: Andrea Verolino

05 Nov

Séminaires thème Risques naturels

--- GRAND SEMINAIRE DE THEME --- Cross-scale modelling of tectonics and earthquakes

Speaker: Ylona Van Dinther

06 Jan > 08 Jan

Education, Events, Institute Life, Meetings & Conferences, Research

GAIA - Geosciences Artificial Intelligence Applications

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Our observatories
and stations

Mars
Mars

InSight National Observation Service

National Observation Service

The NASA InSight mission deployed a geophysical observatory on the surface of Mars at the end of 2018, performing simultaneous seismic, geodetic and magnetic measurements. This National Observation Service is supported by the IPGP, together with several French laboratories and observatories (in particular the LPG and GEOAZUR).

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