West Greenland Current The West Greenland Current is a weak cold
water current that flows to the north along the west coast of
Greenland. The current results from the movement of water
flowing around the southernmost point of Greenland caused by the
East Greenland Current. According to Lloyd et al., 2007, the WGC
is a WARM current connected to a broader scale North Atlantic
climate via the combined influences of Atlantic water from the
Irminger Current (IC) and polar water from the East Greenland
Current. Paleoclimatology records derived from foraminifera
abundance show that periodic influxes of warm subsurface
temperatures and near-bottom temperatures occurred throughout
the Late Holocene epoch, particularly during the Holocene
climatic optimum. The increased flow from the nearby East
Greenland Current was associated with increased glacial iceberg
calving from the large Jakobshavn Isbrae glacial outlet within
the western Greenland Ice Sheet, causing rapid melting and
destabilization events. Following the Neo