News

10 January 2025

Research

CO2, an unexpected driver of deep earthquakes beneath ocean ridges

A team from the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP) has revealed the role of CO2 degassing in deep earthquakes beneath the Mid-Atlantic Ridg...

09 January 2025

General public, Press, Research

The study of a meteorite provides insights into the early stages of solar system formation

A study led by researchers at the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP), published in the journal Science Advances on January 8, 2025, reveals...

06 January 2025

Institute Life

Claude Allègre passed away (1937-2025)

With Claude Allègre, we lose one of the founding fathers of the modern IPGP, a dynamic researcher, an academic convinced that research is an education...

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...

18 November 2024

Press, Research

How 70% of the Mediterranean Sea was lost 5.5 million years ago

A team led by Giovanni Aloisi, CNRS researcher and geochemist at the IPGP, has highlighted just how significantly the level of the Mediterranean Sea d...

18 November 2024

Press, Research

Flooding in the desert, an increasingly frequent mortal danger

Researchers from the University of Southern California and the IPGP have revealed that hydroclimatic changes in North Africa due to global warming are...

31 October 2024

Press, Research

Highlight of the importance of CO2 in the degassing of helium in the magma oceans of young planets

Researchers at the IPGP and the University of Oslo have revealed that the loss of volatile elements during the degassing of a magma ocean, in particul...

30 October 2024

Research

Abyssal serpentinites, evidence of the geochemical variety of the Earth's ocean floor

By comparing the geochemical record of different types of abyssal serpentinites, a French team has revealed major chemical disparities in the rocks th...

09 October 2024

Institute Life, Press

Release of the IPGP 2023 annual report

The 2023 edition of the IPGP Annual Report is now available! Find a snapshot of the Institute's activities over the past year, with a number of emble...

27 September 2024

Press, Research

Imminent launch of ESA's HERA mission

On 7 October 2024, from the Cape Canaveral launch pad, the European Space Agency's (ESA) HERA probe will take off aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 launcher, m...

23 September 2024

Awards and Distinctions

Gustavo Madeira wins the Wagner Sessin Award and the São Paulo State University Grand Thesis 2024

Gustavo Madeira, a postdoctoral fellow in the Cosmochemistry, Astrophysics and Experimental Geophysics team at the IPGP, has been awarded for his work...

20 September 2024

Awards and Distinctions, Press

Frédéric Moynier elected AGU Fellow 2024

Each year, AGU bestows this honor to individuals recognized for their scientific eminence, demonstrated through breakthroughs, discoveries or innovati...