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Tap water no longer drinkable in Norwegian town as climate-related thawing releases heavy metals

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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 Residents of a remote town in Norway that is in one…

The Guardian United Kingdom · 19 October 2026

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