And he wears a bow tie, so he’s obviously smarter than us.

SHARPTON: Well, explain. Because you’ve heard some people out there saying it. Explain to us how the weather getting cold really has nothing to do with the idea and scientific conclusion that there is climate change.

NYE: No, no. It has to do with it, almost certainly. But here is what I mean. We use the expression climate change or global change to describe what we believe or predict will the future, where the warming of the earths atmosphere, more energy held in the earth’s atmosphere will create nontraditional weather patterns. and so this — in this case is very reasonable that this polar vortex or arctic whirlpool, whirlwind is dipping so far south because the motion of large air masses in the northern hemisphere have changed the weather over north America, especially for a few days. I think many people back east may be equally surprised come Friday or Saturday this weekend when temperatures say in the atlanta area will now be 60 degrees fahrenheit, in just a matter of a few days. and this is consistent with climate models. whether or not it’s especially cold.

SHARPTON: So what you’re saying is that it does have something to do with it. Quite to the contrary, and that these going from one end to the other end, because it was 71 in New York just two weeks ago. It’s like nine degrees now. It’s this back and forth, in fact shows there is climate change is what you’re telling me.

NYE: Well, it’s very reasonable that this is a result of climate change. as we say, and this is what is so difficult for so many people. Tying one specific event to this larger decades long change is very difficult mathematically, or by computer programs or by weather, by satellites. however, it is consistent with what we would expect. Now, keep in mind Senator Inhofe was a guy that was at least in one quotation, he was concerned about climate change until he found out how much it would cost.