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Discovery of the origin of the largest Mediterranean tsunami in two centuries

27 November 2024

Press, Research

Discovery of the origin of the largest Mediterranean tsunami in two centuries

An international team coordinated by French researchers has just made a major discovery in the Aegean Sea: the precise identification of the underwate...

A breathtaking view on the bowels of a volcano

20 September 2024

Observatories, Press, Research

A breathtaking view on the bowels of a volcano

Scientists from the Institut Langevin and the IPGP have developed a highly innovative imaging method capable of probing the bowels of a volcano at unp...

A huge landslide triggered by climate change rocked the Earth for 9 days

19 September 2024

Press, Research

A huge landslide triggered by climate change rocked the Earth for 9 days

In September 2023, a massive landslide in Greenland generated a mysterious seismic signal that was detected worldwide for nine days. A volume of 25 mi...

Sediments from deep submarine basins reveal the history of mega-earthquakes in the Lesser Antilles

23 February 2024

Research

Sediments from deep submarine basins reveal the history of mega-earthquakes in the Lesser Antilles

An international team led by researchers from the IPGP has, for the first time, traced the history of major earthquakes in the Lesser Antilles over th...

2000 years of seismicity on the San Andreas fault segment modulated by the level of the Salton Sea

05 September 2023

Press, Research

2000 years of seismicity on the San Andreas fault segment modulated by the level of the Salton Sea

Using a technique traditionally used in civil engineering, two seismologists, including Yann Klinger, a researcher at the Institut de Physique du Glob...

End of the eruption at Piton de la Fournaise on Reunion Island

04 September 2023

General public, Observatories, Press

End of the eruption at Piton de la Fournaise on Reunion Island

The eruption began on 2 July 2023, at around 8:30 am local time and stopped on 10 August 2023, at around 5 am local time (01:00 am UTC), after a phase...

Eruption in progress at Piton de la Fournaise on Reunion Island

03 July 2023

General public, Observatories, Press

Eruption in progress at Piton de la Fournaise on Reunion Island

An eruption started at Piton de la Fournaise on Réunion Island on 2 July 2023, at around 8.30am local time. Two eruption sites have been identified...

Risk science in the age of climate change

14 June 2023

Press, Research

Risk science in the age of climate change

Extreme weather events, rising sea levels, avalanches - these are just some of the hazards that place the question of risk at the heart of the debate ...

The eruptive activity of Tungurahua volcano is regulated by the fine chemical structure of its magma source

27 March 2023

Press, Research

The eruptive activity of Tungurahua volcano is regulated by the fine chemical structure of its magma source

Arc volcanism is a consequence of the fertilization of the mantle wedge by subduction fluids (metasomatism). This phenomenon governs magmatic producti...

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 ...

Where do geological CO2 emissions come from?

14 December 2022

Press, Research

Where do geological CO2 emissions come from?

An international team, including researchers from the IPGP, has developed a technique using radon gas to track CO2 emissions observed at the surface, ...

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...