Hurricane Milton produced dozens of tornadoes and rainfall estimates that topped more than a foot across west-central Florida ...
Two years ago, scientists surveyed the floor of Lake Michigan looking for shipwrecks. They found something mysterious and ...
What is a sinkhole? Basically, a ground collapse. They range in size, depth, age and location. Florida is highly susceptible ...
The Makauwahi Cave Reserve, home to the richest fossil site and largest limestone cave in the state of Hawai‘i, is closing 20 ...
His body was never found. Bush was a victim of a sinkhole—a worldwide hazard that lurks wherever limestone and other water-soluble rocks underpin the soil. When carbon dioxide from the air ...
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 ...