{"id":3722,"date":"2016-05-16T13:41:05","date_gmt":"2016-05-16T05:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/05\/16\/world-leading-australian-climate-scientist-reportedly-sacked-while-at-sea\/"},"modified":"2016-05-16T13:41:05","modified_gmt":"2016-05-16T05:41:05","slug":"world-leading-australian-climate-scientist-reportedly-sacked-while-at-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/05\/16\/world-leading-australian-climate-scientist-reportedly-sacked-while-at-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"World-leading Australian climate scientist reportedly sacked while at sea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"20150320001113543496-original\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.2.mshcdn.com\/media\/ZgkyMDE2LzA1LzE2LzNlLzIwMTUwMzIwMDAxLjdlNGVmLmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTU3NXgzMjMjCmUJanBn\/95c89c4b\/c2a\/20150320001113543496-original.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;width: 50px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?via=Mashable&amp;text=World-leading+Australian+climate+scientist+reportedly+sacked+while+at+sea&amp;src=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F05%2F16%2Fjohn-church-csiro-cuts%2F\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-tw\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-tw-f7c0a094d16b7ee7c91a1e50839a8e00.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F05%2F16%2Fjohn-church-csiro-cuts%2F&amp;src=sp\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-fb\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-fb-c0a21e8841794479b8086c32c6f24ba1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>He is a world-leading climate scientist, but even his impressive bona fides did not stop John Church from getting a dreaded phone call while at sea Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>According to\u00a0<i style=\"line-height: 1.5\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/environment\/climate-change\/global-sealevel-expert-john-church-made-to-walk-the-plank-by-csiro-20160513-gov0k9.html\" style=\"line-height: 1.5\">Fairfax Media<\/a>, <\/i><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">t<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">he expert on climate change-related sea level rise was told he could be made &#8220;potentially redundant&#8221; from the Commonwealth Science and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia&#8217;s peak science body, while on a research voyage somewhere between\u00a0Antarctica and New Zealand.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was OK during the call but it is certainly not a nice feeling to have what you have worked for \u2014 for so many years \u2014 thrown on the scrapheap,&#8221; he told the publication. <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/05\/16\/john-church-csiro-cuts\/\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>More about <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/climate-change\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Climate Change<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/csiro\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Csiro<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/australia\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Australia<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/john-church\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">John Church<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/world\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">World<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/Mashable\/~4\/IoG4-VrPALc\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He is a world-leading climate scientist, but even his impressive bona fides did not stop John Church from getting a dreaded phone call while at sea Thursday. 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