In 1997, a large international team of scientists reported 1.5C Arctic warming from 1840 to 1940, and said that it was caused by natural forces.
NOAA Paleoclimatology Global Warming – The Data
14 Nov 1997, Page 7 – The Salina Journal at Newspapers.com
This didn’t suit Gavin Schmidt’s global warming agenda at NASA, so he erased the 1940’s warmth in the Arctic.
Data.GISS: GISS Surface Temperature Analysis
Data.GISS: GISS Surface Temperature Analysis
The warmth during that period was well documented. In 1939, the glaciers of Eastern Greenland were facing “catastrophic collapse.”
2 May 1932, Page 4 – Jefferson City Post-Tribune at Newspapers.com
So what happened to the 1.5C natural warming from 1840 to 1940? Catastrophic man made climate change is the largest and best financed fraud in history.