Tribute to tragic Met Office man - News - getreading - Reading Post

Tributes have been paid to a former Shinfield Met Office worker who drowned while holidaying in Canada.

Dr David Bennetts, 63, was fishing in the Chilliwack River in Fraser Valley when he is believed to have been dragged away by the current on Wednesday, August 4.

Royal Meteorological Society (RMS) member Dr Bennetts was on holiday with his wife Pauline. His son Tom said: “They had gone on a three-week tour of Canada in a hired camper van..."
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Dr Bennetts, who had a PhD in maths, began his career as an researcher and after retiring from the Met Office College, now based in Exeter, worked as research co-ordinator for Defra’s climate change programme.

Flashback: David Bennetts  | The Future of Weather

1. I do not believe that climate change threatens to overwhelm all societies. I believe that we are threatened by climate change but that e.g. Europe can adapt relatively easily. Societies that may well be overwhelmed are those that are currently under stress, e.g. in Africa and some parts of Asia. But we shall all need to take action if the effects are to be minimised.

Flashback: Met Office: Statement from the UK science community

We, members of the UK science community, have the utmost confidence in the observational evidence for global warming and the scientific basis for concluding that it is due primarily to human activities. The evidence and the science are deep and extensive. They come from decades of painstaking and meticulous research, by many thousands of scientists across the world who adhere to the highest levels of professional integrity.
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David Bennetts