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03 July 2020

Press, Research

Paroxysmal volcanic eruptions predicted by temporal variations in helium isotopes

Primordial helium-3 (3He) enrichment is regularly detected in volcanic fluids, but its temporal variability and link with volcanic activity are still ...

22 June 2020

Awards and Distinctions, Institute Life, Press, Research

Audrey Michaud-Dubuy receives the CCR Cat Nat 2020 thesis prize

Audrey Michaud-Dubuy receives the CCR Cat Nat 2020 prize for her thesis entitled: Dynamique des éruptions pliniennes : réévaluation de l'aléa volcaniq...

09 June 2020

Observatories, Press, Research

First results of the Mayobs 13 mission: interview and decoding

Interview with Aline Peltier, REVOSIMA operational manager and director of OVPF (Observatoire volcanologique du Piton de la Fournaise) and Jean-Christ...

04 June 2020

Press, Research

Subduction of marine carbonates at the origin of carbonatitic magmatism for over 3 billion years

Scientists at the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (University of Paris, IPGP, CNRS) have for the first time demonstrated the link between the s...

04 June 2020

Observatories, Press, Research

Initial assessment of MAYOBS 13 campaigns

INTERMINISTERIAL PRESS RELEASE 04/06/2020 - Successful marine campaigns to monitor seismo-volcanic phenomena off Mayotte

04 May 2020

Press, Research

Periodic coastal uplift in a subduction context

Topography in subduction zones is commonly seen as the consequence of tectonic processes occurring at the plate interface where mega-earthquakes such ...

20 April 2020

Education, General public, Press, Research

New session of IPGP's Physical Volcanology MOOC

Following the success of the 2015 and 2017 sessions of the "Physical Volcanology" MOOC, and in these times of confinement, the IPGP is offering you th...

20 April 2020

Press, Research

A new isotope effect opens up unexpected clues to the formation of the Solar System

Researchers from CNRS, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris, University of Manchester, Université Paris XIII, Sorbonne Université and Institu...

16 April 2020

Press, Research

A new tool for eruption forecasting

With its 78% nitrogen and 21% oxygen, the Earth's atmosphere is a unique mixture in the Solar System - on Venus and Mars, the atmosphere is essentiall...

08 April 2020

General public, Press

The Quarantine as seen by the IPGP seismometer

The seismometer installed in the basement of the IPGP's Pavillon Curie has recorded the "signature" of human activity since the beginning of March, an...

07 April 2020

General public, Observatories, Press

Eruption and containment at the Piton de la Fournaise volcanological observatory

Following the second eruption of the year at Piton de la Fournaise, which began on April 2 and now appears to be over, Aline Peltier, Director of the ...

21 February 2020

General public, Observatories, Press

InSight@Home: the Martian mission accessible to all

The InSight Education website, in partnership with IPGP and all the European partners of NASA's InSight mission, offers you the chance to follow the M...

14 February 2020

Observatories, Press, Research

Martian seismology begins to reveal the planet's structure

In a series of 6 articles published this Monday February 24 in Nature Geoscience and Nature Communication, the scientific team behind NASA's InSight m...

07 February 2020

Observatories, Press, Research

Characterization of site conditions for the RAP-RESIF network in the French West Indies

From March 9, teams from OVSG-IPGP and OVSM-IPGP will be taking part in a geophysical campaign to characterize the sites of seismic stations in the RA...

27 January 2020

Press, Research

Imaging volcanic disturbances associated with major earthquakes

IPGP researchers and their colleagues have sought to better understand how the 2011 Tohoku megathrust in Japan disrupted volcanic regions, by tracking...