Search - Local Environmental Observer (LEO) Network

Sinking into the sea: N.W.T. coast is eroding, and scientists can't keep up

13 Oct 2017

Pelly Island, Northwest Territory, Canada

Government scientists have found an island in the Beaufort Sea that is shedding as much as 40 metres of ground each summer.

CBC News / Brian Stewart

Previous Next

	Weather	1515
	Ocean / Sea	955
	Surface Waters / Wetlands	847
	Ice / Snow Change	840
	Safety	838
	Land	826
	Human Health	745
	Transportation	716
	Buildings	657
	Land Mammals	621
	Marine Mammals	621
	Extreme Temperature	593
	Fish	590
	Plants / Kelp	558
	Death / Die-off / Decline	538
	Birds	532
	Unusual Range / Sighting	503
	Seasonal Timing	494
	Extreme Precipitation	473
	Food Security	384
	Sports / Recreation	360
	Insects	322
	Flooding / Draining	307
	Invertebrates	299
	Economic Impact	277
	Air	256
	Extreme Wind	252
	Energy	234
	Cultural Impact	217
	Fire	213
	Unusual Animal Behavior	210
	Permafrost Change	209
	Sanitation	207
	Deformity / Disease / Injury	195
	Unusual Size / Abundance	187
	Landslide / Avalanche	182
	Drought	160
	Pets	158
	Microbes	157
	Erosion	152
	Water Security	151
	Air Quality	136
	Pathogen	125
	Agriculture	124
	Fisheries	122
	Displacement	121
	Pollution	118
	Livestock	117
	Parasite	105
	Rain on Snow	98
	Algal Bloom	83
	Storm Surge	83
	Glacier Change	80
	Water Management	80
	One Health	78
	Zoonotic Flu	77
	Harvest Change	76
	Infestation	72
	Arachnids	70
	Cyclone / Hurricane	55
	Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning	51
	Atmosphere	46
	Earthquake	43
	Groundwater	40
	Injury	40
	Fungi	39
	Thunderstorm	39
	Debris / Trash	37
	TOURISM	37
	Communication	35
	Eruption	35
	Forestry	34
	Aquaculture	31
	Reptiles	29
	Anthrax	27
	Mental Health	26
	Burial Site	25
	Amphibians	25
	Acute Illness	22
	Rabies	21
	Sinkhole / Crater	21
	Sea/Land Level Change	20
	Physical or Chemical Change	15
	Conflict	11
	Relocation	11
	Distemper	10
	Surface Waters / Wetlands	9
	Chronic Wasting Disease	8
	Trichinosis	7
	Tsunami	7
	Vibrio parahaemolyticus	7
	Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning	6
	Chronic Illness	6
	Radiation	5
	Toxoplasmosis	5
	Tularemia	4
	Brucellosis	3
	Unusual Variation	3
	Boreal Pox	2
	Botulism	2
	Anisakiasis / Anisakid	1
	Coronavirus / COVID	1
	Giardiasis	1
	Monkey Pox	1
	Unusual Smell or Taste	1

	United States	2774
	Canada	642
	Russia	186
	Iceland	143
	Finland	122
	Norway	116
	Sweden	67
	United Kingdom	66
	Mexico	34
	Australia	22
	India	22
	Japan	22
	Svalbard and Jan Mayen	18
	Ireland	16
	France	15
	New Zealand	14
	Mongolia	12
	Spain	10
	Greenland	9
	Pakistan	8
	Chile	7
	Italy	7
	Greece	6
	Netherlands	6
	China	5
	South Africa	5
	Switzerland	5
	Argentina	4
	Dominican Republic	4
	Indonesia	4
	Kenya	4
	South Korea	4
	Turkey	4
	Brazil	3
	Faroe Islands	3
	Kazakhstan	3
	Philippines	3
	Poland	3
	Trinidad and Tobago	3
	Afghanistan	2
	Antigua and Barbuda	2
	Barbados	2
	Belgium	2
	Cambodia	2
	Costa Rica	2
	Cyprus	2
	Germany	2
	Honduras	2
	Israel	2
	Morocco	2
	Peru	2
	Saint Lucia	2
	Somalia	2
	Ukraine	2
	Uruguay	2
	Zambia	2
	Aland Islands	1
	Antarctica	1
	Bahamas	1
	Belize	1
	Cuba	1
	Curacao	1
	Denmark	1
	Egypt	1
	Estonia	1
	Falkland Islands	1
	Fiji	1
	Ghana	1
	Guatemala	1
	Haiti	1
	Iraq	1
	Kiribati	1
	Lebanon	1
	Libya	1
	Malaysia	1
	Mozambique	1
	Namibia	1
	Nauru	1
	Nepal	1
	Nigeria	1
	Papua New Guinea	1
	Portugal	1
	Puerto Rico	1
	Romania	1
	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1
	Sierra Leone	1
	Singapore	1
	Taiwan	1
	Thailand	1
	Tonga	1
	Turks and Caicos Islands	1
	Vietnam	1
	Yemen	1
	Zimbabwe	1

	Summer	1837
	Spring	1314
	Fall	1311
	Winter	1178

	2025	100
	2024	374
	2023	423
	2022	339
	2021	540
	2020	694
	2019	757
	2018	809
	2017	829
	2016	353
	2015	179
	2014	139
	2013	113
	2012	98
	2011	51
	2010	16
	2009	8
	2008	6
	2007	3
	2005	2
	2004	4
	2003	2
	2002	2
	2001	2
	2000	1
	1999	1
	1998	1
	1997	1
	1990	1
	1988	1
	1983	1

	January	455
	February	387
	March	384
	April	437
	May	537
	June	586
	July	670
	August	643
	September	511
	October	395
	November	459
	December	386

Explore Posts

Submit a Post

Directory

About

My LEO

From		To
	-