Beneath the surface of the United States, the Earth's crust is slowly sinking, creating a new geological phenomenon.

According to Science Alert, scientists studied a 98-foot sediment core taken from the floor of the Great Blue Hole. Their ...

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The sinkhole “appears to be due to collapse of infrastructure,” Andrew Farrant, a geologist at the British Geological Survey, said in an email Tuesday. While natural sinkholes are caused by ...

Portions of Interstate 80 in Morris County have been closed for four months due to sinkholes. Timothy Bechtel, a senior professor of geosciences at Franklin & Marshall College, said precipitation ...

Authorities with the state have attributed all three sinkholes to collapsing mineshafts underneath the roadway. Roughly 588 abandoned mines lurk beneath the surface in nine northern New Jersey ...

"Sinkholes are most common in what geologists call, 'karst terrain'," the US Geological Survey (USGS) explains. "These are regions where the types of rock below the land surface can naturally be ...

Three sinkholes have appeared on the section of Route 80 that opened in 1960. Questions surround the contractor, but is there more to it?

Timothy Bechtel has testified in state and federal courts, and his command of the subject has helped to find buried human remains.