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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

27 March 2025

Solidification of the Earth's mantle: new insight into the formation of a basal magma ocean

An international team of researchers from the Institut de physique du globe de Paris (IPGP – CNRS / IPG / Université Paris Cité) and York University h...

25 March 2025

Charles Le Losq appointed junior member of the Institut Universitaire de France

Congratulations to Charles Le Losq, associate professor in Cosmochemistry, Astrophysics and Experimental Geophysics (CAGE) team, on his appointment as...

20 March 2025

The Science and Art of Paleoseismology : a collective work to enrich research and teaching

Paleoseismology aims to understand past earthquakes in order to better predict future ones. This discipline, which is based on the study of the trac...

13 March 2025

Hera flies over Deimos on its way to Dimorphos : a major step forward for planetary protection

On 12 March 2025, the European Space Agency's (ESA) Hera probe flew past Mars and its natural satellite Deimos. The aim of this crucial manoeuvre was ...

07 March 2025

IPGP supports the Stand Up For Science movement

Stand Up For Science: Mobilising for science and academic freedom. 7 March 2025, a day to defend scientific research and education

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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

27 Mar

Séminaires Géochimie

Springs, Streams, and Silicate Weathering Themes: Preliminary Results Comparing Silicon Isotopes to Apparent Groundwater Ages in a Small Montane Catchment.

Speaker: Hunter Jamison

27 Mar

Séminaires Paléomagnétisme

Subduction-Related Volcanic Activity as a Proxy for Global Subduction Flux Over the Past Billion Years, and Its Correlation With Geomagnetic Superchrons

Speaker: Jean Besse et Yves Gallet

01 Apr

Séminaires de Sismologie

Anthropogenic Earthquakes: Observations, Mechanisms, and Case Studies from Aswan and Val d’Agri

Speaker: Tony Stabile

02 Apr

Séminaires Géochimie

Analyses isotopiques par spectroscopie infrarouge "fait maison": état des lieux (H2O, CO2, H2S) et feuille de route pour l'application à de nouvelles molécules

Speaker: Justin Chaillot & Mathieu Daeron

03 Apr

Séminaires thème Intérieurs de la Terre et des planètes

Unravelling the dynamics of non-spherical planetary cores

Speaker: David Cébron

03 Apr

Séminaires thème Système Terre

Constraining carbon cycle processes at watershed, ecoregional and national scales using radiocarbon

Speaker: Timothy Ian Eglinton

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Last publications

Giampietro Tiziano, Manighetti Isabelle, Leclerc Frédérique, Gaudemer Yves. Distributions of throws, widths and scarp slopes on normal faults and their relations to fault growth: Insights from Auto_Throw code. Journal of Structural Geology, Elsevier, July 2025, 196. <10.1016/j.jsg.2025.105393>

Vignati Davide A.L., Cossu-Leguille C., Salles Elsa, Simon Céline, Beuret Maximilien, Bojic Clement, Normant V, Sivry Yann, Nguyen Thi Tuyen, Groleau Alexis, Marsac Remi, Erban Kochergina Yulia, Kram Pavel. Pristine Ultramafic Waters Exhibit Baseline Chronic Ecotoxicity to Daphnia magna. 11 May 2025.

Vignati Davide A.L., Frongia Carla, Beuret Maximilien, Salles Elsa, Cossu-Leguille C., Sivry Yann, Nguyen Thi Tuyen, Groleau Alexis, Marsac Remi, Catrouillet Charlotte, Erban Kochergina Yulia, Kram Pavel. Nickel Ecotoxicity to Raphidocelis subcapitata in Standard ISO Medium vs. Ultramafic Waters. 11 May 2025.

Regard V., Carretier S., Moquet Jean-Sébastien, Choy S., Blard P.-H., Bogning S., Mbonda A.P., Mambela E., Paiz M.C., Séranne M., Charreau J., Rouby D., Bouchez J., Gaillardet J., Braun J.-J., Denèle Y.. Corrigendum to “Contrasting physical erosion rates in cratonic catchments: The Ogooué and Mbei rivers, Western Central Africa” [Gondwana Res. 138 (2025) 192–209]. Gondwana Research, Elsevier, April 2025, 140. <10.1016/j.gr.2024.12.004>

Bouchut François, Drach Elias, Fernández-Nieto Enrique D, Mangeney Anne, Narbona-Reina Gladys. A series of two-phase models for grain-fluid flows with dilatancy. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Cambridge University Press (CUP), 18 March 2025.

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