Charlie Hackforth

Last week I defended my thesis "Structure and Function of Insect Communities in Central Congo Peatland Forests" with minor corrections. Thanks to supervisors Jan Axmacher and Simon Lewis for their inspiration and support, and to examiners Tim Newbold (UCL) and Ed Turner (Cambridge). Now, to publish!

12.03.2025 17:03 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

Rapid butterfly declines across the United States during the 21st century Numerous declines have been documented across insect groups, and the potential consequences of insect losses are dire. Butterflies are the most surveyed insect taxa, yet analyses have been limited in ...

Rapid butterfly declines across the United States during the 21st century www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

06.03.2025 21:39 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Thanks for joining Stephen! So glad you enjoyed. Plenty of Lithosiini in the UK too - let’s discuss when we next meet, as I’m certain they’d be great bat food !

17.02.2025 19:48 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The programme for this two day meeting on African Tropical #Peatlands includes talks on climate, biogeochemistry, vegetation, socioecology, ecosystem dynamics, and of course insects. It will be closed by the Environment Minister of the Rep. of Congo. So something for everyone! Sign up at link below:

14.02.2025 16:16 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

World’s largely unprotected peatlands are ticking ‘carbon bomb’, warns study Bogs and swamps are a colossal carbon store but their continued destruction would blow climate change targets The world’s peatlands are “dangerously underprotected” despite the colossal amount of climate-heating carbon dioxide already being emitted due…

World’s largely unprotected peatlands are ticking ‘carbon bomb’, warns study

13.02.2025 06:07 — 👍 192    🔁 85    💬 5    📌 11

African tropical peatlands: their value and vulnerability | Royal Society Discussion meeting organised by Professor Simon Lewis FRS, Professor Ifo Suspense Averti, Professor Corneille Ewango and Professor Angela Gallego-Sala.

Next Monday at 4.15, I will be speaking at the Royal Society in London about my PhD research on the insects of the Central Congo peatlands. The talk is part of a two day discussion meeting on African Tropical Peatlands.

Register to attend in person or online here: royalsociety.org/science-even...

12.02.2025 17:21 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1

DRC: history is repeating itself in Lubumbashi as the world scrambles for minerals to go green Lubumbashi is little known, but its minerals electrified the world, created atom bombs and are key to greener energy, the defining geopolitical issue of our time.

Recommended read: Issues around mining for cobalt – a mineral “essential to decarbonisation” – in the Democratic Republic of the Congo employ “new forms of old colonial practices”, researchers wrote in @us.theconversation.com

08.02.2025 14:49 — 👍 53    🔁 22    💬 4    📌 5

Poster advertising the dates and organisers of the upcoming meeting on African tropical peatlands

The programme for our upcoming scientific meeting on the theme of tropical #peatlands in Africa is now live.

The meeting will be held at the Royal Society in London and will be streamed online.

To register for free or find out more visit: ow.ly/BEu550UCvZg

@royalsocietypublishing.org

28.01.2025 11:49 — 👍 5    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 1