Tap water no longer drinkable in Norwegian town as climate-related thawing releases heavy metals
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…
The Guardian reports: 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 of the fastest-warming places in the world have been told they must no longer drink tap water due to heavy metal contamination that scientists have linked to the thawing permafrost.
Higher temperatures as a result of the climate…
This environment story centres on Norway. Names and organisations mentioned in the coverage include Norwegian, Svalbard and Arctic.
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- Norway · Europe
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- Norwegian, Svalbard, Arctic, Longyearbyen
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- Environment
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- Longyearbyen, in the archipelago of Svalbard, gets its main drinking water supply from a 1.5 mile-long (2.5km) dammed lake called Isdammen, or “ice pond”. (The Guardian)
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