Global sea-level expert John Church made to walk the plank by CSIRO

By Peter Hannam
Updated May 17 2016 - 9:13am, first published May 15 2016 - 1:59am
John Church speaks to the media about proposed cuts to the CSIRO.  Photo: Penny Stephens
John Church speaks to the media about proposed cuts to the CSIRO. Photo: Penny Stephens
CSIRO's RV Investigator on one of its research voyages. Photo: Pete Harmsen
CSIRO's RV Investigator on one of its research voyages. Photo: Pete Harmsen
John Church during his current - and probably final - research voyage with CSIRO.
John Church during his current - and probably final - research voyage with CSIRO.

For John Church, a leading authority on sea-level rise caused by global warming, there was much that was fitting – and yet callous – about being sacked at sea.

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