OVPF-IPGP News

04 September 2023

General public, Observatories, Press

End of the eruption at Piton de la Fournaise on Reunion Island

The eruption began on 2 July 2023, at around 8:30 am local time and stopped on 10 August 2023, at around 5 am local time (01:00 am UTC), after a phase...

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...

07 November 2022

General public, Observatories, Press, Research

Study underwater lava flows by combining bathymetry and hydro-acoustic signals

On the ocean floor, the meeting of lava and water during volcanic eruptions generates acoustic signals that propagate into the ocean. Lava flows are a...

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...

01 January 2021

Awards and Distinctions, Institute Life, Press, Research

Aline Peltier named Knight of the National Order of Merit

10 December 2020

Observatories, Press, Research

Surveillance in times of crisis

Two scientific publications have just appeared in Seismological Research Letters, confirming the ability of IPGP's observatories to deal with the majo...

15 October 2020

Observatories, Press, Research

Real-time imaging of a volcano's internal plumbing to better anticipate eruptions

Researchers at IPGP and their international colleagues have developed a new operational method for monitoring volcanoes: using GPS measurements to tra...

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 ...

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 ...

07 June 2019

Observatories, Press, Research

Very long-period and ultra-long-period seismic signals detected before and during the formation of the Dolomieu caldera on Reunion Island in 2007

Caldera collapses (giant circular or elliptical volcanic craters formed by the emptying of the magma chamber) are rare phenomena. Only seven have occu...

14 November 2018

Observatories, Press, Research

Outgassing in the upper mantle: constraints on the source and evolution of volcanic CO2

By combining barometry and the composition of fluid inclusions trapped within lava crystals and recent enclaves in the Piton de la Fournaise, a new st...

30 October 2018

Observatories, Press, Research

Study of the unstable zones around the Dolomieu crater and assessment of the risks for visitors

In April 2007, the morphology of the summit of Piton de la Fournaise changed radically. Its main crater, the Dolomieu, previously filled to the rim wi...