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Tap water undrinkable in Arctic town as thawing releases heavy metals
Original: Tap water no longer drinkable in Norwegian village:thawing releases heavy metals
Residents of Longyearbyen on Norway's Svalbard archipelago have been told their tap water is no longer safe to drink. Thawing permafrost linked to climate change is releasing heavy metals into the water supply. The Guardian reports it as one of the clearest examples of Arctic warming directly disrupting daily life in a settled community.
Why now: Climate-driven permafrost thaw contaminating a real community's drinking water is a striking, concrete consequence of Arctic warming
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