Research at IPSL
Since 2019, research at IPSL has been organised around different scientific themes, supplemented by cross-functional activities (computing and observation centres, communication and mediation, climate services and education).
These themes cover:
- all time scales,
- all modes of variability, from major cycles to extreme events,
- all spatial resolutions, from the level of the planet to the local scale,
- all components of the environmental system, from the composition of the air to marine and terrestrial biogeochemistry,
- all dynamics, from major atmospheric currents to ecosystem balances,
- all the major issues related to climate change, from monitoring greenhouse gas emissions to studying ecological and urban impacts.
Field campaigns, satellite observations, digital modelling, artificial intelligence – in each of these themes, research at IPSL is at the forefront of scientific techniques.
Understanding past climate evolutions, variability and its impact on environment
Internal and forced Climate variability
Understanding the processes governing the water cycle within the atmospheric, continental, oceanic and cryospheric reservoirs
Biogeochemistry, Land and resources
In Earth observation - space missions, observation services, multi-instrumented observatories, major measurement campaigns and regional projects, measuring of geochemical tracers - IPSL plays a dual role: a coordination role at the Île-de-France level and a data and service centre for the National Atmosphere Data Centre.
The objective of the IPSL Climate Modelling Centre is to study physical, chemical and biogeochemical aspects of the Earth’s climate. It brings together modelling teams from the various IPSL laboratories who study the different parts of the climate system (atmosphere, ocean, continental surfaces, cryosphere) and their couplings. Studies focus on the functioning of the climate system, its variability and climate change, whether of natural origin or due to human activities.
