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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 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...

27 March 2023

Press, Research

The eruptive activity of Tungurahua volcano is regulated by the fine chemical structure of its magma source

Arc volcanism is a consequence of the fertilization of the mantle wedge by subduction fluids (metasomatism). This phenomenon governs magmatic producti...

22 March 2023

Press, Research

The topography of the escarpments allows us to estimate the mode of slip of the faults

Fault slip, particularly during earthquakes, can generate topographic jumps on the surface, commonly known as fault escarpments. Since the 1970s, nume...

13 March 2023

Press, Research

After four years of activity, the InSight mission comes to an end

NASA's InSight mission, with the French SEIS instrument on board, has ended after more than four years of collecting unique scientific data on Mars. J...

13 March 2023

Press, Research

First observations of Titan by the James Webb Space Telescope

On November 4, the James Webb Space Telescope, of the American (NASA), European (ESA) and Canadian (CSA) space agencies, pointed its instruments at Ti...

06 February 2023

Press, Research

New insights into the pre-eruptive dynamics of magma reservoirs

Seismic monitoring of a volcano is currently the most common method of detecting and tracking its eruptive crises, based on the increasing number and ...

11 January 2023

Institute Life, Press

The new IPGP website is online!

Within the framework of the celebrations of its centenary and in the continuity of the renewal of its graphic identity, the IPGP is proud to present y...

17 December 2022

Observatories, Press, Research

S1222a, the most powerful earthquake ever recorded on Mars!

As the activity of the InSight probe on Mars draws to a close, the data recorded over the last few months continues to provide new insights into the d...

14 December 2022

Events, General public, Observatories, Press

A connected seabed observatory to study seismicity in Les Saintes

After more than a year of operation of the new seabed seismometer installed as close as possible to the faults responsible for the seismicity of Les S...

14 December 2022

Press, Research

Where do geological CO2 emissions come from?

An international team, including researchers from the IPGP, has developed a technique using radon gas to track CO2 emissions observed at the surface, ...