B ack in March 2013, an unusual and tragic story emerged about a man who was swallowed by a sinkhole in Florida. No trace of ...

Florida has more sinkholes than any state in the nation, mainly because the peninsula is comprised of porous carbonate rocks such as limestone that store and help move groundwater. When dirt ...

The Latest Incident: Sinkhole Causes Route 80 Closures ...

Fossil collectors have discovered a prehistoric graveyard buried in Florida’s Steinhatchee River. The site has yielded a remarkable collection of more than 500 fossils dating back roughly half a ...

In the modern era, that tension is perhaps best exemplified in Florida, where coastal erosion, sinkholes ... the safety of the occupants' Layers of limestone and sand "shift under the weight ...

The discovery of 552 fossils in a sinkhole in the Steinhatchee River in Florida has revealed a prehistoric "graveyard" dating back to the Ice Age, providing valuable information about life in the ...

Much of the state of Florida is underlain by limestone, making it extremely susceptible to the phenomena, USGS noted. Takashi Oguchi, a geographer from the University of Tokyo, said sinkholes are ...

A remarkable collection of fossils has been unearthed in Florida after a sinkhole swallowed a group of animals. 500,000 years ago, a group of armadillo-like mammals, horses, and sloths met their ...

One of the most common reasons for a sinkhole is when rocks like limestone or chalk break down. This happens because carbon dioxide from the air dissolves in rainwater to form carbonic acid - this ...

Florida has more sinkholes than any state in the nation, mainly because the peninsula is comprised of porous carbonate rocks such as limestone that store and help move groundwater. When dirt ...