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New insights into the pre-eruptive dynamics of magma reservoirs

06 February 2023

Press, Research

New insights into the pre-eruptive dynamics of magma reservoirs

Seismic monitoring of a volcano is currently the most common method of detecting and tracking its eruptive crises, based on the increasing number and ...

The formation of planetary atmospheres less efficient than anticipated

06 December 2022

Press, Research

The formation of planetary atmospheres less efficient than anticipated

Researchers from the IPGP - Université Paris Cité show that the degassing of volatiles at the surface of magmatic oceans is far from instantaneous.

Édith Kubik receives the 2022 CNFGG PhD Award

06 December 2022

Awards and Distinctions, Press, Research

Édith Kubik receives the 2022 CNFGG PhD Award

Édith Kubik received the 2022 Geophysics Prize for her PhD "Elemental and stable isotopic fractionations of siderophile elements – Implications for th...

First observations of a major organic carbon reservoir in the deep Earth

22 September 2022

Press, Research

First observations of a major organic carbon reservoir in the deep Earth

The study of the deep carbon cycle enables us to estimate the natural flow of carbon between the Earth's surface and deep interior, ultimately regulat...

A French seismometer on board a forthcoming US lunar mission

29 July 2022

Press, Research

A French seismometer on board a forthcoming US lunar mission

CNES and the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP, Université Paris Cité/CNRS) have been selected to integrate a seismometer on NASA's next lu...

Arc-en-Sub oceanographic mission to the Azores

27 June 2022

Press, Research

Arc-en-Sub oceanographic mission to the Azores

To the well-known tune of the Beatles' "Yellow Submarine", an international team of 21 scientists, including six from IPGP, set sail for the Azores ab...

High-resolution seismic imaging lifts the veil on the lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary

23 June 2022

Press, Research

High-resolution seismic imaging lifts the veil on the lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary

The Earth's surface is divided into distinct tectonic plates, which make up the lithosphere and "float" on the asthenosphere. But the exact location o...

Lower oceanic crust formed by in situ magma crystallization

16 June 2022

Press, Research

Lower oceanic crust formed by in situ magma crystallization

While two-thirds of the Earth's crust is formed at ocean ridges by mantle melting, the process by which the lower part of the crust is formed is still...

Publication of the new international terrestrial reference system

23 May 2022

Press, Research

Publication of the new international terrestrial reference system

Zuheir Altamini, head of the team that calculates and publishes the new ITRF benchmark, and a geodesy researcher at IGN and IPGP, talks about the impo...

First magnitude 5 earthquake

22 May 2022

General public, Observatories, Press, Research

First magnitude 5 earthquake "heard" on Mars

A "Marsquake" with an estimated magnitude of 5 shook the Red Planet on the night of 04/05/2022. The French SEIS instrument, deployed on the ground by ...

Towards a better understanding of the geodynamic driving force

11 May 2022

Press, Research

Towards a better understanding of the geodynamic driving force

The Earth's magnetic field is useful for life, enabling many animal and bacterial species to orient themselves in their environment. It is also capabl...

Deep plate movements prior to a mega-earthquake detected in the Earth's gravity field

19 April 2022

Press, Research

Deep plate movements prior to a mega-earthquake detected in the Earth's gravity field

A study led by researchers from IPGP, IGN and Université Paris Cité, shows that deep mass redistributions can be observed prior to a subduction zone m...