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New insights into the history of Earth's atmosphere through neon and xenon isotopes.

14 November 2025

New insights into the history of Earth's atmosphere through neon and xenon isotopes.

A study reveals how mantle degassing and gas leakage into space have shaped the composition of the atmosphere over time.

Frédéric Girault appointed member of the Institut universitaire de France

06 November 2025

Frédéric Girault appointed member of the Institut universitaire de France

The Institut universitaire de France (IUF) aims to promote high-level research in universities and foster interdisciplinarity. Frédéric Girault, an as...

How do planets acquire their water?

05 November 2025

How do planets acquire their water?

What if water, that essential ingredient for life, originated at the very heart of planets when they were formed? This is what a new study published i...

IPGP–INGV Workshop – 5 to 7 November 2025

30 October 2025

IPGP–INGV Workshop – 5 to 7 November 2025

Three days of discussions to strengthen scientific and technical cooperation between the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris and the Istituto Nazio...

Catherine Chauvel receives the Léon Lutaud Prize from the Academy of Sciences

30 October 2025

Catherine Chauvel receives the Léon Lutaud Prize from the Academy of Sciences

On Tuesday 28 October, Catherine Chauvel, CNRS research director at the Paris Institute of Earth Physics, received the Léon Lutaud Prize from the Acad...

Key figures

103

103

years of science for the planet in 2024

4

4

French active volcanoes monitored by the IPGP

500

500

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

1

1

observatory on Mars (mission completed in 2022)

404

404

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

8

8

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

Agenda

20 Nov

Séminaires thème Origines

Noble gases and the accretion of volatiles to the early Earth

Speaker: Rita Parai

24 Nov

Soutenances de thèses

Étude des redistributions de masse à l'interface noyau-manteau de la Terre par gravimétrie spatiale

Speaker: Charlotte Gaugne Gouranton

04 Dec

Soutenances de thèses

Architecture et dynamique du système magmatique du Fani Maoré : apports des modèles numériques

Speaker: Clément de Sagazan

05 Dec

Séminaires thème Risques naturels

--- GRAND SEMINAIRE DE THEME --- Ongoing volcanic crisis in Iceland: research, monitoring and societal response to twelve eruptions on the Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland, since 2021

Speaker: Freysteinn Sigmundsson

09 Dec

Séminaires communs Dynamique des Fluides Géologiques et Géomagnétisme

TBA

Speaker: Thierry Alboussière

09 Dec

Séminaires Systèmes Volcaniques

Volcanic and tectonic aspects of the Changbaishan volcano.

Speaker: Jiangdong Xu, Bo Pan, Feixiang Wei and Renqi Lu (4 speakers)

Last publications

He Zili, Vinatier Sandrine, Eymet Vincent, Forest Vincent, Bézard Bruno, Rannou Pascal, Rodriguez Sébastien, Marcq Emmanuel, Fournier Richard, Blanco Stéphane, Mourtaday Nada, Nyffenegger-Péré Yaniss, Lebonnois Sébastien, Määttänen Anni. Simultaneous estimation of radiance and its sensitivities to radiative properties in a spherical-heterogeneous atmospheric radiative transfer model by Monte Carlo method: Application to Titan. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, Elsevier, March 2026, 350. <10.1016/j.jqsrt.2025.109722>

Donatini Adrien, Georges Peggy, Fevre Tiphaine, Cormier Laurent, Neuville Daniel R.. Charge Transfer Between Ce and Fe During Cooling of an Aluminosilicate Melt: An In Situ XANES Investigation. Inorganic Chemistry, American Chemical Society, 2026, 17. <10.1021/acs.inorgchem.4c05223>

Chen Chen, Gayer Eric, Gaillardet Jérôme, Derry Louis, Louvat Pascale, Bouchez Julien, Jin Zhangdong, Yokochi Reika. Enhanced weathering by multiscale destabilization of volcanic islands. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Elsevier, December 2025, 671. <10.1016/j.epsl.2025.119649>

Chauveau Denovan, Pedoja Kevin, Authemayou Christine, Husson Laurent, de Gelder Gino, Aribowo Sonny, Elliot Mary, Pastier Anne-Morwenn, Natawidjaja Danny Hilman, Agusta Vera Christanti, Cahyarini Sri Yudawati. Morphogenesis of the Holocene coastal landforms on Sumba Island, Indonesia. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences: X, December 2025, 14. <10.1016/j.jaesx.2025.100208>

Terra‐nova Filipe, Amit Hagay. Necessary Core‐Mantle Boundary Heat Flux Patterns for Recovering the Latitude of the South Atlantic Anomaly. Journal of Geophysical Research : Solid Earth, American Geophysical Union, 15 November 2025, 130. <10.1029/2025JB031193>

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Mars
Mars

InSight National Observation Service

National Observation Service

The NASA InSight mission deployed a geophysical observatory on the surface of Mars at the end of 2018, performing simultaneous seismic, geodetic and magnetic measurements. This National Observation Service is supported by the IPGP, together with several French laboratories and observatories (in particular the LPG and GEOAZUR).

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