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19 April 2022

Press, Research

Deep plate movements prior to a mega-earthquake detected in the Earth's gravity field

A study led by researchers from IPGP, IGN and Université Paris Cité, shows that deep mass redistributions can be observed prior to a subduction zone m...

24 February 2022

Press, Research

Organic carbon preferentially recycled in the deep Earth

An international team of researchers from CRPG, IPGP, Université de Paris and Durham University has shown that during subduction processes, organic ca...

10 February 2022

Awards and Distinctions, Observatories, Press, Research

WebObs software wins MESRI's first Open Science prize for open source software

The WebObs tool designed by the IPGP's volcanological and seismological observatories has been awarded an Open Science prize for free research softwar...

27 January 2022

Press, Research

Volcano Hunga Tonga, an unusual eruption

On January 15th, 2022, the eruption of the Hunga Tonga volcano in the Tonga archipelago in the Pacific Ocean created a volcanic plume several tens of ...

12 January 2022

Press, Research

Formation of the solar system's first small bodies in two separate rings

The formation of small solar system bodies, such as asteroids and planetesimals, remains a mystery. While there's general agreement that their formati...

06 January 2022

Press, Research

IPGP researchers search for nanoparticles on glaciers

In autumn 2021, two IPGP researchers will carry out a sampling mission on Alpine glaciers, with the aim of tracing the distribution and source of nano...

20 December 2021

Press, Research

The shape of rivers determined by the sediments they carry

In a study published in the journal PNAS, a team of geomorphologists from IPGP, CNRS, Université de Paris and Sorbonne University show that it is the ...

26 November 2021

Observatories, Press, Research

After 3 years on Mars, InSight has revealed the heart of the planet!

On November 26th, 2018, NASA's InSight mission landed on Mars. In the latest episode of the webseries "SEIS, a space adventure", scientists from the I...

26 November 2021

Press, Research

New magnetic image of a tectonically active planet

Using 70 years of data (airborne, satellite, field...), a French team (LMV, IPGP and LPG) has just published the most accurate global map to date of t...

10 November 2021

Awards and Distinctions, Institute Life, Press, Research

A. Mangeney and K. Chanard honored by EGU

The EGU (European Geosciences Union) awards two IPGP researchers among its 50 international prize and medal winners for 2022! Anne Mangeney, professor...

08 November 2021

Awards and Distinctions, Institute Life, Press, Research

Stephan Borensztajn and Caroline Thaler Public prize in the CNRS "La preuve par l'image" photo competition

Stephan Borensztajn and Caroline Thaler win the People's Choice Award in the "La preuve par l'image" competition for their photo entitled Le cri.

05 November 2021

Press, Research

Landscape evolution over decades thanks to topographic reconstruction from archive images

A team from IPGP, Université de Paris and CNRS has developed a complete algorithm for using aerial archive images taken over the last century to track...

28 October 2021

Press, Research

Modelling the effect of variations in the Earth's orbit on climates and biomes during the major Eocene-Oligocene climate transition

By comparing the results of climate simulations from the Eocene and Oligocene eras, subjected to different configurations of the Earth's orbit, a stud...

22 October 2021

Press, Research

The mechanics of earthquakes studied using high-resolution satellite images

Using very high-resolution satellite images, taken before and after the ruptures of a sequence of earthquakes in the California desert, a study led by...

18 October 2021

Press, Research

Using Machine Learning to predict magma properties

By combining machine learning and supercomputing methods with thermodynamic equations, an international team led by scientists at the Institut de Phys...