# ‘Chunks of earth just disappear’: life on a collapsing island

An episode of [Science Weekly](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/136697669), 20 Nov 2025, 16 min.

Audio: https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2025/11/19-70314-gnl.sci.20251119.eb.permafrost.mp3

As the Cop30 climate talks continue in Brazil, Madeleine Finlay hears about a landscape at the opposite end of the planet facing the direct impacts of the climate crisis. The Guardian reporter Leyland Cecco recounts a recent trip to Qikiqtaruk (also known as Herschel Island) off the coast of Canada’s Yukon territory, where he saw first hand how indigenous groups and scientists are reckoning with an ecosystem collapsing into the sea. He tells Madeleine about efforts to preserve the history of the island and how scientists are racing to understand what it means for the fate of other arctic communities.. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/sciencepod

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