"Southeast Greenland sea surface temperature was warmer than today in the 1940s, scientists find.
A team of Danish scientists led by David Wangner published a paper a year ago about the results of a Greenland sediment core from Skjoldungen Fjord, near the Thrym Glacier, which allowed sea surface temperatures to be reconstructed.
... The core covers the past 200 years (1796–2013).
The scientists find that the SST record compares well with other alkenone‐based reconstructions from SE‐Greenland and thus features regional shelf water variability.
... the results of the core reconstruction show that it was warmer in the past, some 80 years ago.
... As the reconstructed sea surface temperatures in the area show, it was just as warm or warmer back in the 1940s.
The period of 1915 – 1950 was at a similar level as today, thus nothing unusual is happening currently."
