In 1976, National Geographic blamed glaciers which disappeared before 1956 on “abnormal warmth” during the first half of the century.
National Geographic : 1976 Nov, Page 594
Everyone understood that this was occurring at the time.
14 Jul 1974, Page 1 – Lincoln Evening Journal
Facts wrecked Obama’s global warming narrative, so Gavin Schmidt at NASA and other people reporting to the White House simply made the 1940’s warmth and subsequent cooling disappear.
This was done intentionally, as shown in this Climategate E-Mail.
From: Tom Wigley <[email protected]>
To: Phil Jones <[email protected]>
Subject: 1940s
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2009 23:25:38 -0600
Cc: Ben Santer <[email protected]>It would be good to remove at least part of the 1940s blip, but we are still left with “why the blip”.