John A. Church

John A. Church
EducationUniversity of Queensland
OccupationClimatologist
EmployerUNSW
Known forPhysics
Oceanography
Climatology
Sea Level Rise
AwardsJames Cook Medal, 2022

John Alexander Church AO (born 1951) is an expert on sea level and its changes.[1] He was co-convening lead author (with Jonathan M. Gregory) for the chapter on Sea Level in the IPCC Third Assessment Report. He was also a co-convening lead author for the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report. He is a member of the Joint Scientific Committee of the WCRP. He was a project leader at CSIRO,[2] until 2016. He is currently a professor with the University of New South Wales' Climate Change Research Centre.[3]

  1. ^ John A. Church; Philip L. Woodworth; Thorkild Aarup; W. Stanley Wilson, eds. (2010). Understanding sea-level rise and variability. Hoboken, NJ : Blackwell Pub. Ltd. ISBN 9781444323276.
  2. ^ Church, John (16 June 2005). "Our Programs : Sea Level Rise". Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Center. Archived from the original on 16 June 2005. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Climate Change Research Centre". Retrieved 30 June 2019.