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Charlie Hackforth @hackforth.bsky.social · Mar 12

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!

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Charlie Hackforth @hackforth.bsky.social · Mar 6

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 ...

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Charlie Hackforth @hackforth.bsky.social · Feb 17

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 !

Charlie Hackforth @hackforth.bsky.social · Feb 14

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:

Charlie Hackforth @hackforth.bsky.social · Feb 12

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...

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.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · Feb 13

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…

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Charlie Hackforth @hackforth.bsky.social · Feb 12

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...

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

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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · Feb 8

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.

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CongoPeat @congopeat.bsky.social · Jan 28

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

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

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