News

17 June 2026

Research

Cosmochemistry in the service of Alzheimer's disease diagnosis: copper reveals its isotopic secrets

A multidisciplinary study led by researchers at the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP), in collaboration with teams from the Faculty of Hea...

15 June 2026

Research

Are the hidden currents of Ganymede’s ocean finally detectable?

A study conducted by researchers from the Institut de physique du globe de Paris (IPGP) and CNRS shows that the convection motions driving the hidden ...

12 June 2026

Research

Discovery of CO₂ hydrates off the coast of Mayotte: a unique site for studying carbon storage in the ocean

More than 120 CO₂ hydrate deposits were discovered at the Fer à Cheval site, 10 km east of Petite Terre (Mayotte), during the Geoflamme campaign co-le...

11 June 2026

General public, Institute Life, Research

Publication of the IPGP 2025 Annual Report

The IPGP Annual Report, published in both French and English, aims to share with the widest possible audience our enthusiasm for the research carried ...

04 June 2026

Events, Meetings & Conferences, Research

SOUFRIÈRE_50: a week to revisit fifty years of scientific progress and meet the challenges of 21st-century volcanology

Press Release - Fifty years after the 1976–1977 eruption of La Soufrière de Guadeloupe—an event that left a profound mark on Guadeloupe, as well as on...

02 June 2026

Research

QVCT Week is back at the IPGP from 15 to 19 June 2026!

For the second year running, Quality of Life and Working Conditions Week (QVCT) is back at the IPGP. It’s an opportunity to strengthen bonds between c...

08 May 2026

Events, Research

Jean-Philippe Avouac featured at the U.S. National Academy of Sciences annual meeting

Jean-Philippe Avouac, Director of the Institut de physique du globe de Paris (IPGP) and Professor at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech),...

06 May 2026

Research

Non-biological organic carbon recycled in Earth’s depths

A study published in Nature Communications, involving teams from the Institut de physique du globe de Paris, reveals a major and previously underestim...

30 April 2026

Research

Geoffrey C. P. King (1943 - 2026)

With great sadness that we are sharing the news that Geoffrey C. P. King, who worked at the Institut de physique du globe de Paris from 1995 until his...

24 April 2026

Institute Life

Tribute from the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris to Dr. Miguel Eduardo Bosch Blumenfeld (1959–2026)

The Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris pays tribute to Dr. Miguel Eduardo Bosch Blumenfeld, an esteemed geophysicist and distinguished alumnus of ...

22 April 2026

Research

From the first solids of the Solar System to planets: the decisive role of extreme and violent cooling

How do the first solid materials that give rise to planets emerge from the incandescent gas surrounding a young star? This transition from gas to soli...

20 April 2026

Research

Laëtitia Pantobe has been awarded the 2026 Thesis Prize by the French National Committee for Geodesy and Geophysics (CNFGG).

Laëtitia Pantobe, a PhD student in the Volcanic Systems team, successfully defended her thesis, "Identification and modelling of the physical processe...