Originally Posted By: J. B.
Greenland was so named in order to bring more people to that island.
It's also true that at the time the climate was a few degrees warmer there than it was in the next few centuries, and farming benefited from it.


In addition to J.B.'s credible statements above ref Greenland, the following is taken from Wikipedia if you choose to believe it:

"What is verifiable is that the ice cores indicate Greenland has experienced dramatic temperature shifts many times over the past 100,000 years".

Interesting, since there was not much human activity for most of the 100,000 years that were studied. Kinda makes sense to me...

TAM