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Research themes

Study of the structure and internal dynamics of planets and their evolution through geological time.

By combining several approaches, study of major issues such as eruptions, earthquakes, tsunamis, landslides or magnetic storms.

Earth System Science

Measuring, understanding and modelling the functioning of our planet's surface, also called the Critical Zone.

Origins

Study of the primordial processes that led to the formation of the Solar System and the emergence of life on Earth.

News

04 July 2026

SOUFRIÈRE_50 – 50 years of scientific advances on volcanoes for a more resilient future

Few days before the opening of the international conference SOUFRIÈRE_50 – 50 years of scientific advances on volcanoes for a more resilient future, t...

29 June 2026

Wildfires: nanoparticles reveal combustion conditions

A study conducted by researchers at the Institut de physique du globe de Paris (IPGP) and Université Paris Cité, in collaboration with Memorial Univer...

25 June 2026

Radio ‘whistlers’ originating from lightning strikes reveal unprecedented behaviour above the magnetic equator

A team from the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP – Université Paris Cité / CNRS) has, for the first time, documented and explained the unu...

24 June 2026

What can the light from Vesta’s avalanches tell us?

A study conducted at the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris uses images from NASA’s Dawn mission and a Bayesian inversion of the Hapke photometric...

17 June 2026

Cosmochemistry in the service of Alzheimer's disease diagnosis: copper reveals its isotopic secrets

A multidisciplinary study led by researchers at the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP), in collaboration with teams from the Faculty of Hea...

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