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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

27 July 2026

Satellites reveal irreversible damage in a major California aquifer

A study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), to which Kristel Chanard, Manon Dalaison and Jean-Philippe Avouac of the ...

21 July 2026

Academic research: a key lever for addressing the water challenge in Africa... and elsewhere!

A new Nature Sustainability publication to which Essam Heggy (lecturer-researcher at IPGP) contributed, reveals how stronger support for African-focus...

17 July 2026

A new isotopic clue reveals the origin of the asteroid responsible for the extinction of the dinosaurs

A study led by Georgy V. Makhatadze, a postdoctoral researcher at the Institut de physique du globe de Paris (Université Paris Cité / CNRS) under the ...

10 July 2026

A remnant from Earth's early history identified in an active volcano near Mayotte

A study led by scientists from the Institut de physique du globe de Paris, in collaboration with the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, reveals...

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...

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