News

12 March 2026

Research

Axial volcano in the Eastern Pacific: crustal formation by melt sill injection in a pile lava flows

An institut de physique du globe de Paris (IPGP) team in partnership with United States colleagues have discovered that most of the upper crust at Axi...

10 March 2026

Research

Publication of the book "Anisotropic Seismology" by Cambridge University Press

The Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP) announces the publication of the book "Anisotropic Seismology," co-authored by Jean‑Paul Montagner a...

05 March 2026

Research

Rubidium isotopes used to trace crustal recycling beneath Martinique

A new study conducted at the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP – Université Paris Cité / CNRS) sheds new light on the processes of crustal ...

02 March 2026

Institute Life

Ana Claudia Fonseca Brefe appointed General Director of Services

Ana Claudia Fonseca Brefe takes up her position as General Director of Services at the Institut de physique du globe de Paris on Monday 2 March 2026.

26 February 2026

Research

Earth may have incorporated its volatile elements during core formation

A study published in Science Advances shows, based on very high-pressure and high-temperature experiments conducted at the Institut de physique du glo...

17 February 2026

Awards and Distinctions, Press, Research

Jean-Philippe Avouac awarded the Choose France label

The Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP) is pleased to announce that Jean-Philippe Avouac has been awarded the Choose France label, a nationa...

12 February 2026

Press, Research

Millennial seismic supercycles revealed in the Ryukyu subduction zone using fossil corals

An international study led by researchers from the institut de physique du globe de Paris shows that the Ryukyu subduction zone, southwest of Japan, h...

10 February 2026

Observatories, Research

A remarkable magnetic event observed all around the Earth

On the evening of 19/01/2026 a rapid variation of the magnetic field, synchronous on a large part of our planet, has been detected by an automatic sys...

23 January 2026

Research

🌋 Piton de la Fournaise: an eruption underway on the northern flank of the volcano

Comprendre les premières heures deUnderstanding the first hours of the eruption on 18 January 2026Thanks to one of the densest networks of monitoring ...

14 January 2026

Research

Beneath Antarctica: the deep-time story behind Earth's largest "gravity low"

Why is gravity slightly weaker above Antarctica than anywhere else on Earth? And how did this remarkable anomaly emerge – and then steadily intensify ...

23 December 2025

Research

SOUFRIÈRE50 International Conference – First Circular

Fifty years after the eruption of 1976–1977, La Soufrière remains a benchmark volcano for research, monitoring and collective reflection on volcanic r...

19 December 2025

Research

“Jerk”, a promising new method for early warning of volcanic eruptions

Forecasting volcanic eruptions in time to alert authorities and populations remains a major global challenge. In a study published in Nature Communica...