Consensus? Another eminent physicist drops out

[marchesarosa]

Nobel laureate resigns from American Physical Society to protest the organization’s stance on global warming

Posted on September 14, 2011 by Anthony Watts
wattsupwiththat.com/2011/09/14/nobel-laureate-resigns-from-american-physical-society-to-protest-the-organizations-stance-on-global-warming/#more-47170

Ivar Giaever, Physics Department, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute was the Nobel prize winner for physics in 1973. He resigned as a Fellow from the American Physical Society (APS) on September 13, 2011 in disgust over the group’s promotion of man-made global warming fears. Climate Depot has obtained the exclusive email Giaever sent to APS Executive Officer Kate Kirby to announce his formal resignation.

WUWT may recall the late Dr. Hal Lewis led the way on this last year

Here’s the resignation letter:

From: Ivar Giaever [ mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 3:42 PM
To: [e-mail]
Cc: Robert H. Austin; ‘William Happer’; ‘Larry Gould’; ‘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
Nobel Laureate 1973

PS. I included a copy to a few people in case they feel like using the information.********************************************************************************************************

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www.climatedepot.com/a/12797/Exclusive-Nobel-PrizeWinning-Physicist-Who-Endorsed-Obama-Dissents-Resigns-from-American-Physical-Society-Over-Groups-Promotion-of-ManMade-Global-Warming

[StuartG]

"how can you measure the average temperature of the whole earth for a whole year?"

same for sea level?

"how can you measure the average sea level of the whole earth for a whole year?"

'bout time some sense prevailed...

The king is in the altogether [again]

StuartG

[eamonnshute]

At the age of 82 it is not too surprising that he misses the point. Other Nobel laureates have got screwy ideas in their dotage, but it counts for nothing.

[StuartG]

"At the age of 82 it is not too surprising that he misses the point."

I see what You're saying Eamonn, but there's 22 years yet before You need make up Your mind.

[StuartG]

Here's one to wrestle with...

www.evidencesofcreation.com/creationuniverse02.htm

[marchesarosa]

Ad hominems in place of reasoned argument from warmists again. What is that a symptom of, Eamonn? Brain Tumour? There's a lot of it about, apparently. Take care!

You might get old one day.

My gawd, the quality of "debate" warmists bring to this board makes you weep. Did you think up your retort all on your own, Eamonn or did you get it from an alarmist crib sheet?

[eamonnshute]

And WUWT is not a crib sheet?

You don't need a crib sheet to see what is wrong with Glaever's letter, it is blatantly obvious.

[marchesarosa]

WUWT provides up to the minute coverage of all the latest climate related research. That is why it is voted top science blog. Shame you don't bother to keep up. I do.

Comments on WUWT are often very educational and informative, too.

Of course, I ignore the rednecks who bring nothing but silly politically-motivate abuse to the debate. They are just like you, Eamonn, redundant.

[marchesarosa]

Ken Caldeira resigns as IPCC AR5 lead author

H states:

"I am all for scientific reviews and assessments, and I think the multi-model comparisons reviewed by the IPCC have been especially useful. However, it is not clear how much additional benefit there is to having a huge bureaucratic scientific review effort under UN auspices…

(As an aside, I recently resigned as a lead author of an IPCC AR5 chapter simply because I felt I had more effective ways of using the limited amount of time that I have to engage in scientific activities. My resignation was made possible because I believe that the chapter team that I was part of was on the right track and doing an excellent job without my contribution. Had I had a scientific criticism of my chapter team, you can be assured that I would have stayed involved. So, my resignation was a vote of confidence in my scientific peers, not a critique. It is just not clear to me that, at this point, working on IPCC chapters is the most effective use of my time."

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See this video where Caldeira describes research that is at odds with the direction the IPCC "consensus" is supposed to be taking. For those alarmists who don't get the importance of what Caldeira is saying in this video he is acknowledging the negative feedback of clouds in response to evaporation caused by warming.