Sunny Hostin is roasted by The View co-hosts after claiming that the solar eclipse and earthquake are linked to climate change

Sunny Hostin was roasted by her co-hosts on The View after she claimed that the solar eclipse, New York City's recent earthquake and the arrival of cicadas are all linked to climate change.

The View co-hosts had a heated debate on Monday as they tried to explain the science behind the total solar eclipse, which saw millions of Americans taking to the streets to view the rare celestial phenomenon.

Hostin, 55, began by asserting that the total solar eclipse, the 4.8-magnitude earthquake that rocked New York City last week, and the imminent arrival of trillions of red-eyed insects are possible signs of climate change.

'We have a solar eclipse. We have the earthquake,' Hostin said. 'All those factors together might lead one to believe that either climate change exists or something significant is happening.'

Co-host Joy Behar countered her claims, saying: 'Except earthquakes are not at the mercy of climate change. It's underground. It can't.' 

The discussion started with Alyssa Farah Griffin, The View cohost and former White House communications director, joking about 'apocalypse' theories surrounding the rare phenomenon.

'So, what's kind of crazy is with the earthquake on Friday and then the eclipse today, people are having all sorts of conspiracies about the end of the world. 

'And then I read online that the earthquake epicenter was actually at Bedminster in New Jersey. Fun fact - it originated with Trump.'

Hostin chimed in but had trouble pronouncing 'cicadas', with co-host Whoopi Goldberg attempting to correct her. 

'I learned that the cicadas are coming,' Hostin said, pronouncing the word as 'sick-ah-duhs,' and Goldberg repeated, 'Cicadas,' with the pronunciation of 'sick-cay-duhs.' 

'It's the first time in like a hundred years,' Hostin continued, attempting to prove her point as Goldberg interrupted.

'No, no, no. There are two different kinds of cicadas. It happens every 17 years,' Goldberg said firmly.

Two different broods of cicada will emerge across more than a dozen states this year, mating and laying millions more eggs.

The insects - known for the screaming noise they make - hibernate in either 13- or 17-year cycles, but a group from each will surface together for the first time since the 19th century. 

Hostin was not deterred by her co-hosts, as she continued: 'All those things together, would maybe lead one to believe that either climate change exists, or something is really going on,' Hostin said. 

'Or Jesus is returning,' Farah Griffin joked, followed by Behar making a distinction between the earthquake and climate change.

Behar stated that the earthquake couldn't possibly be caused by climate change because it occurred underground. 

'How about the warming of the planet?' Hostin questioned her. 

'No, it happens,' Whoopi Goldberg said. 'And the eclipse, they've known about the eclipse coming because eclipses happen, and they actually can say when these things are going to happen.' 

Total solar eclipses occur when the moon moves directly in front of the sun - not to be confused with the reverse occurrence, which would be a lunar eclipse.

Texas was the first to see the moon completely block the face of the sun, with the eclipse then extending across 15 states of the country. 

More than 400,000 people traveled to Dallas to get themselves front and center for the solar eclipse - more than 1million eclipse tourists in the Lone Star State on Monday.

The DailyMail.com's Nikki Main in Dallas reported that most of the 'cosmic tourists' she interacted with had flown in from California, where the view of the eclipse was somewhat pitiful.

The eclipse sent animals at Dallas Zoo into a panic as the skies grew dark while crowds across the event's path cheered on the eclipse. 

As the eclipse passed its halfway point in the path across the U.S., areas that are past their portion of totality reported immediate traffic causing chaos on the roads. 

Crowds gathered on skyscrapers to watch the rare phenomenon as the Big Apple plunged into 90 percent darkness Monday afternoon.