The global warming theory left him out in the  cold.

Dr. Ivar Giaever, a former professor with Rensselaer  Polytechnic Institute and the 1973 winner of the Nobel Prize in physics,  abruptly announced his resignation Tuesday, Sept. 13, from the premier physics society in disgust over its  officially stated policy that "global warming is occurring."

The official position of the American Physical Society (APS)  supports the theory that man's actions have inexorably led to the warming of the  planet, through increased emissions of carbon dioxide.

Giaever does not agree -- and put it bluntly and  succinctly in the subject line of his email, reprinted  at Climate Depot, a website devoted to debunking the theory of man-made climate change.

"I resign from APS," Giaever wrote.

Giaever was cooled to the statement on warming  theory by a line claiming that "the evidence is incontrovertible."

"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?" he wrote in an email to Kate Kirby, executive officer of the physics  society.

"The claim … 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," his email message said.

A spokesman for the APS confirmed to FoxNews.com  that the Nobel Laureate had declined to pay his annual dues in the society and  had resigned. He also noted that the society had no plans to revise its  statement.

The use of the word "incontrovertible" had already  caused debate within the group, so much so that an addendum was added to the  statement discussing its use in April, 2010.

"The word 'incontrovertible' ... is rarely used in  science because by its very nature, science questions prevailing ideas. The  observational data indicate a global surface warming of 0.74 °C (+/- 0.18 °C)  since the late 19th century."

Giaever earned his Nobel for his experimental  discoveries regarding tunneling phenomena in superconductors. He has since  become a vocal dissenter from the alleged “consensus” regarding man-made climate  fears, Climate Depot reported, noting that he was one of more than 100  co-signers of a 2009 letter to President  Obama critical of his position on climate change.

Public perception of climate change has steadily  fallen since late 2009. A Rasmussen  Reports public opinion poll from August noted that 57 percent of adults  believe there is significant disagreement within the scientific community on global warming, up five points from late 2009.

The same study showed that 69 percent of those  polled believe it’s at least somewhat likely that some scientists have falsified  research data in order to support their own theories and beliefs. Just 6 percent  felt confident enough to report that such falsification was "not at all  likely."