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Tap water undrinkable in Svalbard town after thaw releases heavy metals
Original: Tap water no longer drinkable in Norwegian town as climate-related thawing releases heavy metals
Residents of Longyearbyen in Svalbard, Norway, have been told not to use their tap water after climate-related thawing released heavy metals into the local supply. The Guardian reports the incident as a warning for other Arctic communities, as Svalbard is one of the fastest-warming places in the world.
Why now: It is a striking, concrete example of climate change directly affecting drinking water in an Arctic town.
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- Tap water no longer drinkable in Norwegian town as climate-related thawing releases heavy metals · The Guardian
Warning for other Arctic communities as residents told not to use water in Longyearbyen in Svalbard, one of the fastest-warming places in the world
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