Hurricane Milton produced dozens of tornadoes and rainfall estimates that topped more than a foot across west-central Florida ...
The Makauwahi Cave Reserve, home to the richest fossil site and largest limestone cave in the state of Hawai‘i, is closing 20 ...
What is a sinkhole? Basically, a ground collapse. They range in size, depth, age and location. Florida is highly susceptible ...
Two years ago, scientists surveyed the floor of Lake Michigan looking for shipwrecks. They found something mysterious and unexpected — a cluster of sinkholes on the lakebed.
Other locales with known sinkholes include the Dead Sea, since salt also easily breaks down, and Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, which is often riddled with sinkholes due to its limestone. Sinkhole ...
In that case, groundwater eroded the layer of limestone that sits on the bottom of the lake, creating caverns. When the roof of a cavern collapsed, a sinkhole was born. But Steve Ruberg ...