Good Morning Britain weather presenter Laura Tobin today hit back at an Australian MP who branded her an 'ignorant Pommy' following a TV clash about climate change - by listing her impressive academic qualifications.

The trained meteorologist with a degree in physics became embroiled in a row with climate change sceptic Craig Kelly after she corrected him during a GMB debate about the Australian bushfires, hosted yesterday by Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid.

In the wake of the debate, Mr Kelly called Ms Tobin 'an ignorant Pommy weather girl' on his Facebook account, but she hit back this morning with her own withering comeback, telling the MP: 'Ignorant could not be further from the truth!'

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On Tuesday, Australian MP Craig Kelly called Ms Tobin 'an ignorant pommy weather girl'

Ms Tobin responded in a scathing Twitter post saying she was a qualified meteorologist with a degree in physics

Following a robust defence from Piers, Ms Tobin then listed her vast academic and professional achievements, including her degree in meteorology and physics, and four years spent in the RAF.

Ms Tobin said: 'Ignorant could not further from the truth - I have no agenda I was just telling the facts and I was so infuriated by his lack of understanding.'

She added: 'Lots of people from Australia have been sending me love and support. I spoke to Australian TV and people have been amazingly supportive.'

Ignorant? Laura Tobin's excellent qualifications BSC in Physics and Meteorology at Reading University

Four-year career as an aviation forecaster in the Royal Air Force

Twelve years as a broadcast meteorologist at the BBC, ITV and British Forces Broadcasting Service

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Yesterday, Mr Kelly, a climate change sceptic, was interviewed on GMB by Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid.

Mr Kelly said there was 'simply no' evidence to suggest a long-term trend towards a warming climate and also said it was 'nonsense' that lower carbon dioxide emissions could reduce bushfires.

Piers said he needed to 'wake up' before Ms Tobin said he was burying his 'head in the sand and called him a 'climate denier'.

Later in the day the Sydney politician hit back, before later apologising for his remarks.

He shared a MailOnline article about the interview on Facebook and wrote sarcastically: 'Oh no! Ignorant Pommy weather girl calls me a 'climate change denier'.'

Ms Tobin responded in a scathing Twitter post saying she was a qualified meteorologist with a degree in physics.

'I know what I'm talking about, do you?' she wrote.

In the wake of the debate, Mr Kelly called Ms Tobin 'an ignorant pommy weather girl', but the former RAF aviation forecaster put him in his place with her own withering comeback

Today she told MailOnline: 'I didn't see his Facebook remarks for a long time, I think he suggested I didn't know my facts, but I'm fully qualified.

'He showed again that he doesn't know what he's talking about. He has since deleted the post, obviously realising I know what I'm talking about.

'But I don't feel anything [frustration] towards him [Craig Kelly], or the situation, I just feel glad that I can interject and let people know what the reality is. And then people have more information.'

Asked why she intervened, she added: 'For me watching the debate from the side made me feel really frustrated - then Piers and Susanna said why don't you talk about it. So I just wanted to stick to the facts.

'I've been on climate courses - read about climates science - I know more than most people, and it's my job to give people information about what is really happening.'

Mr Kelly is on the right wing of Australia's Liberal Party and heavily criticised former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull's controversial plan for a national energy and emissions policy.

During the interview on Monday, he said that the fires were caused by poor forest management rather than climate change.

Mr Kelly said: 'You have to look at the science, but one of the factors contributing are the fuel loads. Every commission post bushfire says we need to reduce them, but we always fail to do so.

'Our lifestyle depends on fossil fuels, it can't be done without it. Some politicians have hijacked the debate to push their ideological barrow but what causes fires? Drought and build-up of fuel loads.'

Meteorologist Ms Tobin told Mr Kelly that Australia had experienced its hottest and driest year ever year on record 'with forecasts records that go back more than 100 years'

Fire crews put out spot fires on January 4 in Sarsfield, Victoria

Meteorologist Ms Tobin hit back, telling Mr Kelly that Australia had experienced its hottest and driest year ever on record 'with forecasts records that go back more than 100 years'.

She said: 'We want everyone in the world to lower the global temperature rise by 1.5C, you [Australia] can't even commit to 2C.

'You have the second highest carbon emission on earth and you are burying your head in the sand. You're not a climate sceptic - you're a climate denier.'

During the interview, Piers Morgan told the MP to 'wake up'.

Climate change and global warming are real and Australia right now is showing the entire world just how devastating it is Piers Morgan to Craig Kelly

'You are facing now one of the greatest crises you have ever faced, and there is you... who still doesn't think this has anything to do with a heating up planet,' Morgan said.

'Climate change and global warming are real and Australia right now is showing the entire world just how devastating it is.'

Talking to Australia's ABC on Tuesday, Mr Kelly claimed Morgan 'didn't want to hear the facts' and said 'the weather girl had no idea what she was talking about'.

He also defended Prime Minister's Scott Morrison's holiday in Hawaii while the fires were underway.

'The ultimate responsibility for fighting fires is the state premiers and the state emergency services,' Mr Kelly said.

'The only thing the national leader can actually do on this is basically wait until he gets response from those state premiers asking for more resources.'

Mr Kelly denied embarrassing the government with the interview, despite his comments putting him at odds with the prime minister.

'The only people who are denying things are those that think ... these bushfires could have been stopped if we had sent more money to China to buy more solar panels,' Mr Kelly told ABC.

On Tuesday afternoon, Mr Kelly apologised to Ms Tobin, after his Facebook post criticising her attracted unfavourable comments.

Ms Tobin also then corrected Mr Kelly who said Australia had the largest growth in renewable energies in the world, telling him that was in fact India

'I apologise to Ms Tobin to referring to her as the weather girl, as I understood that this was her position on the TV show,' he told News Corp.

'However I now understand that she is a meteorologist who reads the weather for that station.'

Earlier, Mr Kelly had said Australia's resources were limited and needed to prioritise resources towards hazard reduction rather than renewable energy infrastructure.

The prime minister claimed on Sunday his government had always made the connection between climate change and extreme weather conditions.

Scientists have disputed claims a lack of hazard reduction burns have led to the size of the bushfires, with some ex-fire chiefs blaming the effects of climate change.