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Svalbard Climate Crisis: Inside Norway’s Arctic Village Warming Up to Seven Times Faster Than Global Average — Can Residents Save It Before Melting Glaciers and Thawing Permafrost Destroy Their Homes?

Abstract

Residents of Longyearbyen, the largest settlement on Norway's Svalbard archipelago and one of the fastest-warming places on Earth, have been told not to drink tap water after thawing permafrost released toxic heavy metals into the town's only water source.