More than 80 percent of known land subsidence in the US is associated with groundwater use, a mute reworking which frequently remains unseen until pavement cracks or a yard sinks into a novel pit.

In early January, a giant sinkhole formed at an intersection in the West Oak Lane neighborhood of North Philadelphia after a ...

You trust the road beneath your tires. But what if that trust is misplaced? Sinkholes are increasingly turning ordinary streets into danger zones. And the cost of ignoring them is skyrocketing. They ...

University of Toronto provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation CA. University of Toronto provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA-FR. You trust the road beneath your tires ...