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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

06 November 2025

Frédéric Girault appointed member of the Institut universitaire de France

The Institut universitaire de France (IUF) aims to promote high-level research in universities and foster interdisciplinarity. Frédéric Girault, an as...

05 November 2025

How do planets acquire their water?

What if water, that essential ingredient for life, originated at the very heart of planets when they were formed? This is what a new study published i...

30 October 2025

IPGP–INGV Workshop – 5 to 7 November 2025

Three days of discussions to strengthen scientific and technical cooperation between the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris and the Istituto Nazio...

30 October 2025

Catherine Chauvel receives the Léon Lutaud Prize from the Academy of Sciences

On Tuesday 28 October, Catherine Chauvel, CNRS research director at the Paris Institute of Earth Physics, received the Léon Lutaud Prize from the Acad...

15 October 2025

Tracking organics in (bio)carbonates – A step forward in the search for biosignatures

An innovative analytical method conducted by researchers from IPGP, in collaboration with Laboratoire Interuniversitaire des Systèmes Atmosphériques (...

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Key figures

103

years of science for the planet in 2024

French active volcanoes monitored by the IPGP

500

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

observatory on Mars (mission completed in 2022)

404

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

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

Agenda

13 Nov

Séminaires Paléomagnétisme

Signature of inner core nucleation in the paleomagnetic record seen from geodynamo simulation

Speaker: Thomas Frasson

13 Nov

Séminaires thème Intérieurs de la Terre et des planètes

Condensation and evaporation in the early Solar System

Speaker: Bernard Bourdon

17 Nov

Séminaires communs Géomagnétisme-Paléomagnétisme

Évidences magnétiques de pollution sur la plage de Lázaro Cárdenas, foyer de la tortue noire (Chelonia agassizii)

Speaker: Bertha Aguilar

18 Nov

Séminaires de Sismologie

Deep metric learning: application to lahar early warning

Speaker: Dario Jozinović

20 Nov

Séminaires thème Origines

Noble gases and the accretion of volatiles to the early Earth

Speaker: Rita Parai

05 Dec

Séminaires thème Risques naturels

--- GRAND SEMINAIRE DE THEME --- Ongoing volcanic crisis in Iceland: research, monitoring and societal response to twelve eruptions on the Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland, since 2021

Speaker: Freysteinn Sigmundsson

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Last publications

Chen Chen, Gayer Eric, Gaillardet Jérôme, Derry Louis, Louvat Pascale, Bouchez Julien, Jin Zhangdong, Yokochi Reika. Enhanced weathering by multiscale destabilization of volcanic islands. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Elsevier, December 2025, 671. <10.1016/j.epsl.2025.119649>

Chauveau Denovan, Pedoja Kevin, Authemayou Christine, Husson Laurent, de Gelder Gino, Aribowo Sonny, Elliot Mary, Pastier Anne-Morwenn, Natawidjaja Danny Hilman, Agusta Vera Christanti, Cahyarini Sri Yudawati. Morphogenesis of the Holocene coastal landforms on Sumba Island, Indonesia. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences: X, December 2025, 14. <10.1016/j.jaesx.2025.100208>

Amangaliyeva Lazzat, Cochennec Maxime, Omirbekov Sagyn, van Hullebusch E.D., Colombano Stéfan, Davarzani Dorian. Impact of water table fluctuations on the redistribution of light hydrocarbons. 04 November 2025.

A. Wieczorek Mark. SHTOOLS: Tools for working with spherical harmonics. 03 November 2025.

Cochennec Maxime, Martin Deborah E, Laulier Benjamin, Baudouard Alexandre, Tierce Pascal, van Hullebusch E.D., Parinet Julien, Colombano Stéfan. Ultrasound-assisted removal of organochlorine pesticide chlordecone from aqueous matrices. Environmental Technology and Innovation, Elsevier, November 2025, 40. <10.1016/j.eti.2025.104563>

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