Eureka! CSIRO wins for climate change research.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-22 August 2007-CSIRO: Eureka! CSIRO wins for climate change research(C)1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:22082007 Dr John Church of CSIRO has been awarded the 2007 University of New South Wales Eureka Prize for Scientific Research. Dr Church developed a way to combine historical data from tide-gauge readings with modern data from satellite altimeters which measure the height of ocean surfaces over most of the global ocean.

This led to the discovery that sea-level rise accelerated during the 20th Century. "Dr Church's research is critical to understanding the effect of climate change on sea level. I congratulate him on his enormous contribution to science and his Eureka Award," CSIRO's Chief Executive Dr Geoff Garrett said. Dr...