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September 14, 2023

A full picture of planetary resilience: All boundaries mapped out, six of nine crossed

Press release by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) 09/14/2023 For the first time, an international team of scientists is able to provide a detailed outline of planetary resilience by mapping out...

Israel / Palestine / Palestinian people

August 7, 2023

Vered Lev Kenaan’s Letter from Israel

Dear Friends, I would like to share with you the following news: Yesterday a special protest event was held in Tel Aviv – the death procession in which thousands of Arab and Jews participated...

Israel / Palestine

July 22, 2023

Israel’s Democracy in Danger — The March to Jerusalem

We just received the following letter & videos from our friend Vered Lev Keenan, & feel that this information needs to be made more public in this country: Dear Friends, For Twenty Nine weeks...

Poetry / Poetry readings / Uncategorized

July 15, 2023

Re: Birthday Reading & Greetings

Wow! Deeply moved by the vast number of birthday greetings that reached me via email, phone, Face-book, Messenger, etc. Many thanks, mercis, shukrans & Danke Schöns to you all, family, friends & acquaintances. Nicole...

Climate Change

July 12, 2023

Amazon in the firetrap:

Deforestation and warming lock rainforest in dry and damaged grassland state Press release by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) 07/12/2023 – Global warming and drastic deforestation could dry out the Amazon...

Book Reviews / Literature / Poetry

July 7, 2023

Jason Weiss’ Brooklyn Rail review of “Interglacial Narrows” & “Always the Many, Never the One”

Pierre Joris Interglacial Narrows (Contra Mundum Press, 2023) Pierre Joris with Florent Toniello Always the Many, Never the One (Contra Mundum Press, 2023) In his book of conversations Always the Many, Never the One, Pierre...

Climate Change

June 26, 2023

Worse than diesel and gasoline? Bioenergy as bad as fossils if there is no pricing of CO2 emissions from land-use change

Press release by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) 06/26/2023 – Demand for modern biofuels is expected to grow substantially in order to mitigate climate emissions. However, they are far from being...

Literature / Obituaries / Translation

May 29, 2023

Homage to Philippe Sollers &/in his Paradis

Philippe Sollers died earlier this month at 86. I was just now able to retrieve my translation of extracts from Paradis II (1986, Gallimard), his most experimental book, extracts first published in 1987 in...

Climate Change

May 16, 2023

Large-scale nature conservation efforts alone will not preserve benefits for our societies

Press release by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) 05/16/2023 The enlargement of protected areas and carbon price incentives for reforestation alone will not stop biodiversity decline and the ongoing loss of...

Art / Photography

March 25, 2023

Homage to Edward Steichen who died on this day fifty years ago.

Born in Bivange, Luxembourg on 27 March 1897, the young Edward emigrated to the US with his parents when he was 18. His was a long, varied & rich artistic career: though mainly known...

Climate Change / Ecology

March 17, 2023

Less predictable rainfall important for Maya decline

Reduced predictability of seasonal rainfall might have played an important role in the disintegration of Classic Maya societies about 1100 years ago. That is the result of a new study of the Potsdam Institute...