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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...

The shape of rivers determined by the sediments they carry

20 December 2021

Press, Research

The shape of rivers determined by the sediments they carry

In a study published in the journal PNAS, a team of geomorphologists from IPGP, CNRS, Université de Paris and Sorbonne University show that it is the ...

A look back at the Soufrière eruption in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

29 April 2021

Press, Research

A look back at the Soufrière eruption in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Audrey Michaud-Dubuy and Guillaume Carazzo, volcanologists at the IPGP, look back at the eruption of La Soufrière on the island of Saint-Vincent in th...

Landscape-scale experiment reveals how dune size is selected

20 April 2021

Press, Research

Landscape-scale experiment reveals how dune size is selected

By levelling a dune field in the Gobi Desert and observing the emergence and growth of new dunes at high resolution for over 3 years, an international...

Audrey Michaud-Dubuy receives the CCR Cat Nat 2020 thesis prize

22 June 2020

Awards and Distinctions, Institute Life, Press, Research

Audrey Michaud-Dubuy receives the CCR Cat Nat 2020 thesis prize

Audrey Michaud-Dubuy receives the CCR Cat Nat 2020 prize for her thesis entitled: Dynamique des éruptions pliniennes : réévaluation de l'aléa volcaniq...

Geomagnetic tremors finally reproduced and explained

23 April 2019

Press, Research

Geomagnetic tremors finally reproduced and explained

The Earth's magnetic field experiences unpredictable, rapid and intense anomalies known as geomagnetic jolts. The mechanisms behind these phenomena re...

The birth of dunes under a bi-directional wind regime

12 February 2019

Press, Research

The birth of dunes under a bi-directional wind regime

Most terrestrial sandy seas form at subtropical latitudes, where wind direction exhibits seasonal variations. In this work, we extend the two-dimensio...

The study of Martian dunes to help better model the global climate circulation of Mars

26 April 2018

General public, Press, Research

The study of Martian dunes to help better model the global climate circulation of Mars

Dune systems provide unique information about wind regimes on the surface of planetary bodies where there are no direct meteorological data as on Eart...

A new autonomous sensor to continuously measure the humidity and conductivity of a porous medium

24 August 2017

Press, Research

A new autonomous sensor to continuously measure the humidity and conductivity of a porous medium

In a paper published on May 11th, 2017 in the scientific journal Sensors, a team of researchers from the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris presen...

The first steps in Earth core weather forecasting

27 January 2016

Press, Research

The first steps in Earth core weather forecasting

Why has the Earth's magnetic field intensity decreased by 10% between 1840 and the present day? Will the South-Atlantic anomaly in this field, above w...