Bill Nye the “Science Guy” is once again trying to blame global warming for a series of weather events happening around the U.S., but this time meteorologists aren’t having it.
Meteorologists criticized Nye’s claim that warm temperatures in Alaska and flooding in Texas are a product of man-made global warming.
As Tropical Storm Bill (no relation to Nye) was projected to make landfall in Texas, Nye tweeted:
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<blockquote class=”twitter-tweet” lang=”en”><p dir=”ltr” lang=”en”>Bill floods Texas. Alaska is on fire. Just a little global warming & climate change. Nothing to worry about… <a href=”http://t.co/l2qAaiytE6″>pic.twitter.com/l2qAaiytE6</a></p><p>— Bill Nye (@BillNye) <a href=”https://twitter.com/BillNye/status/610864461918937088″>June 16, 2015</a></p></blockquote><p><script src=”//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” async=”” charset=”utf-8″></script>Nye has been been relentless in trying to connect such extreme weather events to man-made global warming in recent months, to the point where actual meteorologists who study weather patterns are fed up with him.</p><div id=’taboola-mid-article-thumbs-mix’></div><script type=”text/javascript”>window._taboola=window._taboola||[];_taboola.push({mode:’thumbs-1r-mid’,container:’taboola-mid-article-thumbs-mix’,placement:’mid-article-thumbs’,target_type:’mix’});</script><blockquote class=”twitter-tweet” lang=”en”><p>Bill Nye the bloviating, low information “climate guy” … not taken seriously by any meteorologist. <a href=”https://t.co/aOHSCW3Ga2″>https://t.co/aOHSCW3Ga2</a> — Ryan Maue (@RyanMaue) <a href=”https://twitter.com/RyanMaue/status/610866567098839040″>June 16, 2015</a></p></blockquote><p><script src=”//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” async=”” charset=”utf-8″></script></p><blockquote class=”twitter-tweet” lang=”en”><p dir=”ltr” lang=”en”><a href=”https://twitter.com/BillNye”>@BillNye</a> Are you crazy. Linkage to 50s and MJO textbook! Do you have any clue about what you are saying? <a href=”http://t.co/Jv2qjc6N4O”>pic.twitter.com/Jv2qjc6N4O</a></p><p>— Joe Bastardi (@BigJoeBastardi) <a href=”https://twitter.com/BigJoeBastardi/status/610870196836958208″>June 16, 2015</a></p></blockquote><blockquote class=”twitter-tweet” lang=”en”><p dir=”ltr” lang=”en”><a href=”https://twitter.com/joshwallswx”>@joshwallswx</a> <a href=”https://twitter.com/wxhistorian”>@wxhistorian</a> <a href=”https://twitter.com/BillNye”>@BillNye</a> <a href=”https://twitter.com/weatherbrains”>@weatherbrains</a> he couldn’t handle people that actually understand how the atmosphere works</p><p>— James Spann (@spann) <a href=”https://twitter.com/spann/status/610871971207843843″>June 16, 2015</a></p></blockquote><p><script src=”//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” async=”” charset=”utf-8″></script>Nye’s extreme weather claims and hype over Tropical Storm Bill come on the heels of news reports that the U.S. has been in the midst of a 10-year “<a href=”http://dailycaller.com/2015/05/28/obama-warns-of-extreme-weather-despite-9-year-hurricane-drought/”>hurricane drought</a>.” For nearly a decade, no Category 3 or higher hurricanes have made landfall in the U.S., and there’s been <a href=”http://dailycaller.com/2013/07/18/scientist-tells-senators-global-warming-not-causing-extreme-weather/”>no upward trend</a> in other natural disasters like tornadoes, droughts or wildfires. Even a meteorology student at Pennsylvania State University and independent weather forecasters out of New Jersey criticized Nye for harming the scientific debate on global warming.</p><blockquote class=”twitter-tweet” lang=”en”><p><a href=”https://twitter.com/BillNye”>@BillNye</a> you stand for everything that is wrong in the world of climate/atmospheric science — Ryan Breton (@RyanBretonWX) <a href=”https://twitter.com/RyanBretonWX/status/610867915861180417″>June 16, 2015</a></p></blockquote><p><script src=”//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” async=”” charset=”utf-8″></script></p><blockquote class=”twitter-tweet” lang=”en”><p dir=”ltr” lang=”en”>.<a href=”https://twitter.com/BillNye”>@BillNye</a> Your hysteric stance is harmful to the scientific body currently researching our true footprint (+.6C temp/+55ppm CO2 since ~1950)</p><p>— Weather NJ (@myWeatherNJ) <a href=”https://twitter.com/myWeatherNJ/status/610872716493721601″>June 16, 2015</a></p></blockquote><p><script src=”//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” async=”” charset=”utf-8″></script></p>
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