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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

18 November 2024

How 70% of the Mediterranean Sea was lost 5.5 million years ago

A team led by Giovanni Aloisi, CNRS researcher and geochemist at the IPGP, has highlighted just how significantly the level of the Mediterranean Sea d...

18 November 2024

Flooding in the desert, an increasingly frequent mortal danger

Researchers from the University of Southern California and the IPGP have revealed that hydroclimatic changes in North Africa due to global warming are...

31 October 2024

Highlight of the importance of CO2 in the degassing of helium in the magma oceans of young planets

Researchers at the IPGP and the University of Oslo have revealed that the loss of volatile elements during the degassing of a magma ocean, in particul...

30 October 2024

Abyssal serpentinites, evidence of the geochemical variety of the Earth's ocean floor

By comparing the geochemical record of different types of abyssal serpentinites, a French team has revealed major chemical disparities in the rocks th...

09 October 2024

Release of the IPGP 2023 annual report

The 2023 edition of the IPGP Annual Report is now available! Find a snapshot of the Institute's activities over the past year, with a number of emble...

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Key figures

103

years of science for the planet in 2024

French active volcanoes monitored by the IPGP

500

members of staff approximately (researchers, engineers, technicians, administrative staff, post-docs and PhD candidates)

observatory on Mars (mission completed in 2022)

404

publications in 2022 (including 37 in high impact journals such as Nature, Science and PNAS)

locations: Guadeloupe, Martinique, Reunion Island, Chambon-la-Forêt, Champs-sur-Marne and 2 locations in Paris

Agenda

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Last publications

van Keken Peter E, Chauvel Catherine, Ballentine Christopher J. Dynamical Geochemistry: Ocean crust recycling through plate tectonics and its role in the formation of mantle heterogeneity. 2025. <10.1016/B978-0-323-99762-1.00103-0>

Hatté Christine, Antoine Pierre, Fuchs Markus, Guyodo Yohan, Lagroix France, Moine Olivier, Piotrowska Natalia, Rousseau Denis-Didier. Chronology of dust archives. 2025. <10.1016/B978-0-323-99931-1.00166-5>

Guertin Andrew, Cunningham Charlie, Bouchez Julien, Gelin Marine, Chorover Jon, Bauser Hannes, Kim Minseok, Troch Peter, Derry Louis, Druhan Jennifer. Stable silicon isotope fractionation reflects the routing of water through a mesoscale hillslope. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Elsevier, 15 December 2024, 648. <10.1016/j.epsl.2024.119098>

Seibert Chloé, Beck Christian, Feuillet Nathalie, Moreno Eva, Pons Denise, Goldfinger Chris, Ratzov Gueorgui, St-Onge Guillaume, Bieber Arthur, Morena Pierre, Patton Jason, Batanova Valentina, Maury René. Late Pleistocene charcoal-rich sediments in the Puerto Rico Trench, possible remnants of gigantic wildfires in North-Eastern South America. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, Elsevier, December 2024, 655. <10.1016/j.palaeo.2024.112497>

Jeanneau Laurent, Fovet Ophélie, Faucheux Mikaël, Gruau Gérard, Liotaud Marine, Pierret Marie-Claire, Cotel Solenn, Molénat Jérôme, Lagacherie Manon, Dessert Céline, Probst Anne. Compositional changes of dissolved organic matter during high flow events in headwater catchments along a gradient of climate and land use. Comptes Rendus. Géoscience, Académie des sciences (Paris), 19 November 2024, 356. <10.5802/crgeos.272>

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