Charlie Hackforth
@hackforth.bsky.social
PhD student working on Afrotropical insect communities and nocturnal pollination
@CNHackforth on the other site
@CNHackforth on the other site
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!
March 12, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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!
Rapid butterfly declines across the United States during the 21st century www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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 ...
www.science.org
March 6, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Rapid butterfly declines across the United States during the 21st century www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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:
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...
Register to attend in person or online here: royalsociety.org/science-even...
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.
royalsociety.org
February 14, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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:
Reposted by Charlie Hackforth
World’s largely unprotected peatlands are ticking ‘carbon bomb’, warns study
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…
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2025 at 6:07 AM
World’s largely unprotected peatlands are ticking ‘carbon bomb’, warns study
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...
Register to attend in person or online here: royalsociety.org/science-even...
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.
royalsociety.org
February 12, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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...
Register to attend in person or online here: royalsociety.org/science-even...
Reposted by Charlie Hackforth
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
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.
buff.ly
February 8, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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
Reposted by Charlie Hackforth
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
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
January 28, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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
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