<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">A Nobel laureate, no not Al Gore this one won in physics, Dr. Ivar Giaever has resigned from the American Physical Society over the issue of climate change. The following is his resignation letter:<br><br><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;"><span style="font-size: medium;">From:</span></span></span></strong><span style="font-family: "><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> Ivar Giaever [</span></span><a href="http://www.climatedepot.com/%20mailto:giaever@XXXX.com"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> mailto:giaever@XXXX.com</span></span></a><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;"><span style="font-size: medium;">] </span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=""><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>Sent:</strong> Tuesday, September 13, 2011 3:42 PM<br><strong>To:</strong> </span></span><a href="mailto:kirby@aps.org"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;"><span style="font-size: medium;">kirby@aps.org</span></span></a><br><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>Cc:</strong> Robert H. Austin; 'William Happer'; 'Larry Gould'; 'S. Fred Singer'; Roger Cohen<br><strong>Subject:</strong> I resign from APS</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br></span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Dear Ms. Kirby</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Thank you for your letter inquiring about my membership. I did not renew it because I can not live with the statement below:</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;"><span style="font-size: medium;">"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.</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>The evidence is incontrovertible</strong>: Global warming is occurring.<br>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."</span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">I<font size="3">n 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.</font><br><br>Best regards,<br><br>Ivar Giaever<br><br>Nobel Laureate
1973<br><br>PS. I included a copy to a few people in case they feel like using the information.<br><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family:
times new roman,times;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br></span></span></span></span></p><br></em><br></td></tr></table>