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06 November 2025

Research

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

Research

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

Research

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

Awards and Distinctions, Institute Life, Research

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

Research

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 (...

30 September 2025

Institute Life

Passing of Jean-Louis Le Mouël (1938–2025)

Jean-Louis Le Mouël, former provisional administrator (1986–1991) and director of the Institut de physique du globe de Paris (1991–1996), passed away ...

25 September 2025

Research

Fidel Costa receives the Norman L. Bowen Award & Lecture from the AGU

On September 24, 2025, Fidel Costa was made laureate of the prestigious Norman L. Bowen Award & Lecture by the American Geophysical Union. This aw...

17 September 2025

Research

Frédéric Moynier receives the University of Paris Cité's medal for commitment

On Tuesday, 16 September 2025, as part of the inaugural Planetary Health Week, the Award Ceremony for Université Paris Cité’s Medals of Commitment too...

29 August 2025

Press, Research

Ancient preserved heterogeneities discovered in Mars’ mantle thanks to data from the InSight mission

An international team led by Imperial College London, the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris / Université Paris Cité, Johns Hopkins University, th...

31 July 2025

Research

Melting planets reveal the internal history of rocky worlds

An international research team, led by scientists from the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP) in collaboration with researchers from Canada...

29 July 2025

Research

The oldest trace of a marine sedimentary environment?

A new study conducted at the IPGP by Zhengyu Long, a PhD student in cosmochemistry, reveals that the Akilia rock in Greenland — over 3.6 billion years...

15 July 2025

Research

Soil erosion in mountain environments accelerated by agro-pastoral activities for 3,800 years

Over the last 3,800 years, agro-pastoral activities have accelerated alpine soil erosion at a pace 4-10 times faster than their natural formation.