The Science Guy Bill Nye just schooled another prominent climate change denier and staked his fact-based claims in the best possible way.

Meteorologist Joe Bastardi wrote in a scathing opinion piece late last year that the educator, who regularly speaks about man-made climate change, is not a man of science but an actor.

Bastardi challenged Nye to not only show a link between atmospheric CO2 levels and temperature, but also forecast where global temperatures are headed over the next five years. Put up or shut up, the WeatherBELL Analytics chief forecaster said to Nye in the largely overlooked article in The Patriot Post .

Well, it looks like Nye has decided to put up $20,000 to be exact.