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October 18, 2023

Timely reversal of global warming could prevent Greenland ice sheet tipping

Image by Poul Christoffersen Press release by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) 10/18/2023 The Greenland ice sheet is likely to be more resistant to global warming than previously thought, finds a...

Ingeborg Bachmann / Theater

October 17, 2023

On Ingeborg Bachmann’s 50th Death Anniversary

Ingeborg Bachmann & Paul Celan In memory of the great poet & writer Ingeborg Bachman who died 50 years ago today, here is an extract from the final act of my play The Agony...

Climate Change

October 5, 2023

A destabilizing link: Amazon rainforest degradation and deforestation…

…endanger the South American monsoon Press release by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) 10/05/2023 The impacts of global warming, deforestation and intensified land use are pushing the South American monsoon towards...

Climate Change / Ecology

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...