The bizarre self-harm that suggests CSIRO has lost its way

CSIRO’s decision to sack the global expert on sea level rise – while he was working at sea, three weeks from shore – is a bizarre form of self-harm that suggests the national science agency has lost its bearings.

Assuming the federal election campaign at some point considers the future of science in this country, the treatment of John Church should prompt questions for the Turnbull government.

Two weeks ago, Church was the co-author of a new peer-reviewed study that found five reef islands in the Solomon Islands have disappeared due to the combination of sea-level rise and high-powered waves.

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CrazyNeutrino said:

The bizarre self-harm that suggests CSIRO has lost its way

CSIRO’s decision to sack the global expert on sea level rise – while he was working at sea, three weeks from shore – is a bizarre form of self-harm that suggests the national science agency has lost its bearings.

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If it had any choice in the matter.

> CSIRO’s decision to sack the global expert on sea level rise

As a former CSIRO staffer I can fully understand this. They’ve done a lot worse than this before, such as sack the entire forestry division at a time when CO2 sequestration by reforestation was Australia’s number one priority.

Sacking a single expert, by comparison, is nothing.

the managers are probably shaking out cans of petrol as we speak into the office areas and labs