News

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.

09 July 2025

Events, Research

Submarine Volcanism: The Case of Mayotte in the Spotlight in Our Next Twitch Live!

After a first live dedicated to space missions and sample returns, and a second exploring the world of deep-sea microorganisms, the IPGP invites you o...

02 July 2025

General public, Institute Life, Research

Release of the IPGP's 2024 Annual Report

The IPGP annual report, in both French and English, aims to share our enthusiasm for all the research we conduct with as many people as possible. It p...

25 June 2025

General public, Institute Life, Press

Director position of the Institut de physique du globe de Paris (IPGP)

The position of Director of the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP) is vacant as of March 24, 2026.

25 June 2025

Education, Events, General public

IPGP is now on Twitch!

Following on from the MOOC Notre Planète (Our Planet), which is still open for enrolment, the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris is launching its ...

17 June 2025

Events, Press, Research

Three ERC advanced grants awarded to the IPGP: new advances in cosmochemistry and planetary sciences

The Institut de physique du globe de Paris (IPGP) has just been awarded three advanced grants from the European Research Council (ERC) for projects le...

16 June 2025

Press, Research

Active weather and organic chemistry on Titan: new observations from the James Webb space telescope

The James Webb space telescope (JWST), in collaboration with the ground-based Keck II telescope, has for the first time observed cloud convection in t...

16 June 2025

Press, Research

Evidence for a marine carbon recycling mechanism in Earth’s mantle

Recent work by PhD student Zhengyu Long, under the supervision of Frédéric Moynier, and their colleagues at the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris...

11 June 2025

Institute Life

Tribute to Gilbert Hammouya (1946-2025)

It is with great sadness that we learned of the passing of Gilbert Hammouya, former CNRS chemical engineer and iconic figure at the Guadeloupe Volcano...

10 June 2025

Education, Events, General public, Institute Life

Subscribe to "Our Planet"

This MOOC proposed by a team from the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris is aimed at anyone interested in Earth sciences and wishing to deepen the...

02 June 2025

Events, General public, Research

New Publication: Évolution(s). Science, art et littérature — A Unique Contribution from Nobuaki Fuji, Geophysicist at IPGP

The book Évolution(s). Science, art et littérature, published in May 2025 by Éditions Matériologiques, brings together contributions from 18 members o...

28 May 2025

Research

New insight into the origin of the Moon's depletion of volatile elements

The Moon's arid surface, devoid of liquid water and subject to extreme temperature variations, has long intrigued observers. These characteristics ind...