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. 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, until 2016. He is currently a professor with the University of New South Wales' Climate Change Research Centre.