Bill Nye accidentally links global warming to El Niño instead of CO2

Whoops! Not another great day for not-a-scientist Bill Nye.

In his latest stunt, the former children’s TV show host called out real meteorologist Joe Bastardi over an op-ed Bastardi wrote last year challenging a link between CO2 and global warming. As Bastardi explained in his piece, it’s the El Niño that’s responsible for “spiking global temperatures” this year, not CO2.

Nye took umbrage to this and challenged Bastardi to two wagers, saying in a video posted on Huffington Post:

I will bet you $10,000. I predict that the year 2016 will be among the top 10 hottest years ever recorded. […] I’ll bet you another $10,000 that the decade 2010 to 2020 will prove to be the hottest decade ever recorded.

Well, for starters, Bastardi already agrees with Nye that 2016 is going to be a very hot year. Bastardi even predicted that last year, because of the El Niño. Nye even posed in front of Bastardi’s own chart with the prediction — “New Spike coming” — already on it:

Gentle reminder. Since last year saying 2016 would be warmest on ncep record ?is 17-19 response. so bill nye wants me to bet against myself?

— Joe Bastardi (@BigJoeBastardi) April 19, 2016

Shout out @BillNye for standing in front of MY chart with the words new spike coming for 2016,verifying my forecast! pic.twitter.com/tT7oRtEC6i

— Joe Bastardi (@BigJoeBastardi) April 20, 2016

Here’s the same chart from Bastardi that shows shows it’s the natural El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) weather pattern that’s driving current global temperatures:

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Reminder: MyForecast from Last year WAS FOR THE NINO SPIKE FOR 2016.Started last summer touting 16 as NCEP warmest pic.twitter.com/WfM8FuA6y8

— Joe Bastardi (@BigJoeBastardi) April 20, 2016

HE stands in front of chart that shows direct link to enso/global temps,and he still claims its co2?That is cultish https://t.co/vzUhLfTNhk

— Joe Bastardi (@BigJoeBastardi) April 20, 2016

Bastardi is predicting cooler temps ahead thanks to the La Niña, which is the “cool phase of the El LNiño.”

So the warmth we see now, and I display all the time here with https://t.co/VDPx6H6Uwn maps. is no surprise. BUT THE LA NINA LURKS!

— Joe Bastardi (@BigJoeBastardi) April 20, 2016

Another record warm month on NCEP data NO SURPRISE. Verifies forecast made LAST YEAR by me.
La Nina lurks tho pic.twitter.com/cvDgu71Hnh

— Joe Bastardi (@BigJoeBastardi) April 20, 2016

Bastardi also predicted the rainy weather in Houston, which Nye attributes to man-made climate change as well:

Mark, been highlighting major wet in Texas since winter as we pull out of this like 07. In that year, it was DFW https://t.co/Hq295TcYe6

— Joe Bastardi (@BigJoeBastardi) April 20, 2016

And we’ll end it with this. Bastardi isn’t even a “climate-change denier,” just someone who Nye disagrees with:

Btw. I am not a climate change denier I question a messiah complex agenda that claim mans influence on nature is bigger than what it is

— Joe Bastardi (@BigJoeBastardi) April 19, 2016

Forget the bet — what we’d like to see is a debate between Bastardi and Nye. Come on Fox News, make it happen!

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