It seems that climate scientists aren’t just nasty and unprofessional in emails.

Dr. Andrew Watson, a leading climate scientist from the scandal-plagued School of Environmental Sciences at the University of East Anglia, appeared December 4th on BBC’s Newsnight program with global warming skeptic Marc Morano. Morano, who runs the superb Climate Depot site, took Watson to task for his denial of the scandal that has rocked the Climate Research Unit at Watson’s university. Watson, who bears an amusing resemblance to Richard Dawkins, clearly was not accustomed to vigorous questions from his lessers, and appeared angry, defensive, and arrogant.

At the close of the interview, after telling Mornao to “shut up” and still on live television, Professor Watson commented “What an a**hole.”

Take a look at the video, and decide for yourself which participant is advocating integrity in science, and which participant is in denial.