News

03 July 2023

General public, Observatories, Press

Eruption in progress at Piton de la Fournaise on Reunion Island

An eruption started at Piton de la Fournaise on Réunion Island on 2 July 2023, at around 8.30am local time. Two eruption sites have been identified...

23 June 2023

Institute Life, Press

Edouard Kaminski elected President of Université Paris Cité

On June 22, Édouard Kaminski, a geophysicist and a professor of physical volcanology at the IPGP, was elected President by the members of the Executiv...

21 June 2023

Awards and Distinctions, Press, Research

Isabelle Panet honoured by the French Académie des Sciences

On Wednesday 21 June, Isabelle Panet, an IGN researcher and geophysicist at the IPGP and Université Paris Cité, was awarded the Grand Prix Scientifiqu...

21 June 2023

General public, Research

Earthquake in Charente-Maritime: a brief explanation from Martine Simoes

On Friday 16 June, a moderate earthquake was widely felt in western France, with its epicentre located near the commune of La Laigne. Martine Simoes, ...

16 June 2023

General public, Press, Research

The IPGP, a long history of analysing extraterrestrial material

Last April, China offered France 1.5 grams of lunar rock. On Thursday 15 June, the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle announced the future creation ...

14 June 2023

Press, Research

Risk science in the age of climate change

Extreme weather events, rising sea levels, avalanches - these are just some of the hazards that place the question of risk at the heart of the debate ...

07 June 2023

Press, Research

Geochemical signatures of archaeological artefacts as tracers of Polynesian settlements

By using the isotopic signatures of Polynesian archaeological artefacts, an interdisciplinary team including archaeologists and geochemists from the C...

07 June 2023

Events, General public, Institute Life, Press

[Replay] Watch the video of the IPGP's "Geosciences for Tomorrow" day

On 21 April, the IPGP brought its centenary celebrations to a close with a "Geosciences for Tomorrow" day, bringing together a range of disciplinary p...

05 June 2023

General public, Research

"How do scientists know… ?"

This book, published on 11 May by CNRS éditions, with contributions from Kristel Chanard, IGN researcher at the IPGP, explains the scientific approach...

05 May 2023

Awards and Distinctions, Press, Research

Mathilde Cannat receives the 2023 Arthur Holmes Medal from the EGU

Mathilde Cannat, from the Marine Geosciences team of the IPGP, is awarded for her contribution to the understanding of mid-ocean ridges in terms of te...

04 May 2023

Press, Research

The "Diagnose Alzheimer's disease with isotopes" project granted with an ERC proof-of-concept !

Frédéric Moynier, professor at the Université Paris Cité and cosmochemist at the IPGP, has obtained an ERC proof-of-concept funding to develop and app...

11 April 2023

Awards and Distinctions, General public, Press, Research

" Les Mondes de Saturne " awarded by the Ciel & Espace prize for the best astronomy book 2023

The Ciel & Espace prize for astronomy books goes this year to Alice Le Gall, Sandrine Guerlet, Sandrine Vinatier and Sébastien Charnoz for "Les mo...