News

27 January 2016

Press, Research

The first steps in Earth core weather forecasting

Why has the Earth's magnetic field intensity decreased by 10% between 1840 and the present day? Will the South-Atlantic anomaly in this field, above w...

01 January 2016

Research

Expedition IODP 357 - Life and serpentinization of the Atlantis Massif

An international team of 32 scientists, including 3 IPGP members, led by Gretchen Früh-Green from ETH Zurich (Switzerland) and Beth Orcutt from the Bi...

01 January 2016

Research

Publication of the book "Les séismes des Antilles" (Earthquakes in the French West Indies)

The French West Indies are classified as France's maximum seismic risk zone. Although moderate in scale, the earthquakes in Les Saintes (2004) and Mar...

17 December 2015

Research

Reconstructing past landscapes to understand the hunting techniques of primitive man

Using ancient landform modeling techniques developed at the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (CNRS, Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité), an inte...

14 December 2008

Awards and Distinctions, Institute Life, Press, Research

Vincent Courtillot appointed foreign member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences

25 November 2008

Awards and Distinctions, Institute Life, Press, Research

Bénédicte Menez receives the Prix Grelaud from the Académie des Sciences

14 July 2008

Awards and Distinctions, Institute Life, Press, Research

Jérôme Gaillardet receives the Gast Lecture 2008 award from the European Association of Geochemistry and Geochemical Society

14 April 2008

Awards and Distinctions, Institute Life, Press, Research

James Badro receives Mineralogical Society of America Award

14 April 2008

Awards and Distinctions, Institute Life, Press, Research

Pascal Richet receives the Urey Medal from the European Association of Geochemistry