Fighting the climate zombies - a chat with meterologist Jim Dale

The 2024/25 talk season of Scientist Rebellion is about to start! Every year we host Zoom seminars with people who have distinguished themselves in research and advocacy around the climate breakdown we are facing. Our guest of the week is Jim Dale. Founder and senior meteorological consultant, Jim was born in Manchester, England in December 1960. Qualified as a meteorological observer at the Royal Navy’s School of Meteorology & Oceanography, he served as a meteorologist in the Fleet Air Arm during the early to mid 1980′s. Jim founded British Weather Services in September 1987. He is the author of ‘Weather or Not? – The Personal & Commercial Impacts of Weather & Climate’ (2020); and the co-author of ‘Surviving Extreme Weather’ (2024). Here is a snippet from his talk! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I AM A ZOMBIE KILLER! It’s the time of year; morning mist and fog provide the background and the rest is in your imagination…  or perhaps not! I’m Jim N R Dale, founder and senior meteorologist at British Weather Services, author of two in-vogue books, and a media prowler.  I take it to them, I tell it like it is and I take no prisoners, I am a zombie killer!  You see, when it comes to the stories entwined within climate change; I don’t have to run scared, I simply join up all the hideous dots and say it out loud. I come up against the monsters and the ghouls, though of late they are running scared and even running away. There are many disturbing things to consider in our climate graveyard, including the claim of weather manipulation, but hey, that’s just weird! So come with me into the night, get to know what I do and why I do it. It may well be the end of the world as we know it but arm yourself and find the light!