We are very sad to inform that Dr. Thomas M. (Tom) Church has passed away on 11 February 2021 due to complications from COVID-19. Tom was a long-term faculty member at the University of Delaware where the SCOR office is base and also a member of SCOR Working Group #80 aimed to study the role of Phase Transfer Processes in the Cycling of Trace Metals in Estuaries.
A tribute to Tom by GEOTRACES can be read at: https://www.geotraces.org/geotraces-tribute-to-thomas-m-church/