Ivar Giaever disagrees with American Physical Society statement and resigns

Ivar Giaever

This is Professor Giaever's email announcing his resignation 
from the American  Physical Society. 

Professor Giaever is a Nobel Laureate.
Also reported by Fox News here.

From:                                   Ivar Giaever

Sent:                                    Tuesday, September 13, 2011 12:42 PM

To:                                        kirby@xxxxx

Cc:                                        'Robert H. Austin'; 'William Happer'; 'Larry Gould'; 'hal lewis'; 'S. Fred Singer'; Roger Cohen

Subject:                                I resign from APS

Dear Ms. Kirby



Thank you for your letter inquiring about my membership. I did not renew it because I can not live with the statement below:

Emissions of greenhouse gases from human activities are changing the atmosphere in ways that affect the Earth's climate. Greenhouse gases include carbon dioxide as well as methane, nitrous oxide and other gases. They are emitted from fossil fuel combustion and a range of industrial and agricultural processes.

The evidence is incontrovertible: Global warming is occurring.

If no mitigating actions are taken, significant disruptions in the Earth’s physical and ecological systems, social systems, security and human health are likely to occur. We must reduce emissions of greenhouse gases beginning now.

     
    In the APS it is ok to discuss whether the mass of the proton changes over time and how a multi-universe behaves, but the evidence of global warming is incontrovertible? The claim (how can you measure the average temperature of the whole earth for a whole year?) is that the temperature has changed from ~288.0 to ~288.8 degree Kelvin in about 150 years, which (if true) means to me is that the temperature has been amazingly stable, and both human health and happiness have definitely improved in this “warming” period.

Best regards,

Ivar Giaever

Also reported by International Business HERE
Professor Giaever bio lists

• Institute Professor, School of Engineering and School of Science
• Professor at large, University of Oslo, Norway
• President Applied BioPhysics, Inc., 1223 Peoples Ave, Troy, NY 12180 
• Honors and Awards
• Major Prizes:
• Oliver E. Buckley Prize 1965
• Nobel Prize 1973
• Zworkin Award 1974
• Honorary Degrees: Listing
• National Academies: Listing
• For those who view the world only in political terms: Ivar Giaever is a Democrat who campaigned for President Obama in 2008.