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Weather Channel disavows co-founder's climate change denial

"The climate of the earth is indeed warming," the Weather Channel said.

By Brooks Hays

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 (UPI) -- The Weather Channel is distancing itself from the politics of one of its co-founders, John Coleman, after the retired meteorologist called man-made global warming "bad, bad science" on national television earlier this week.

"Not only is the ice not melting, more polar bears are alive and happy today than we've had in 100 years," Coleman told Fox News host Megyn Kelly on Monday.

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The interview, in which Coleman ridiculed Al Gore and the mainstream media, came just days after Coleman penned a letter arguing that: "There is no significant man-made global warming at this time, there has been none in the past, and there is no reason to fear any in the future."

The Weather Channel rebuked Coleman's stance in a memo posted to its website on Thursday.

"The climate of the earth is indeed warming," officials at the station wrote. "Impacts can already be seen, especially in the Arctic, with melting glaciers, thawing permafrost, and rapid retreat and thinning of sea ice."

Not only is global warming happening, the station argues, but humans are largely responsible.

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There is "strong evidence that the majority of the warming over the past century is a result of human activities," the memo continued. "This is also the conclusion drawn, nearly unanimously, by climate scientists."

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