Unprecedented Arctic Weather Has Scientists on Edge. As station chief at NOAA's Point Barrow, Alaska, observatory, Bryan Thomas works close to the edge of the Arctic Ocean. What he saw from his office in early February, looking north toward the horizon, was troubling. "I could see what's known as water-sky - the reflection of dark water on clouds on the horizon," Thomas said. "From land, you can maybe see 10 miles, and the clouds were telling us that somewhere in that distance there was open water." National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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