What are the potential for using citizen science data on rainfall and groundwater levels to improve the forecasting of sinkhole activity in Florida?

Florida is particularly known for its sinkholes since its sandy soil sits atop its Swiss cheese-like limestone. There's no database for sinkholes in the U.S. so ... Jun 27, 2015 ... — -- Multiple depressions in a central Florida neighborhood that may have been caused by repairs to a property that had sinkholes led ... Sep 23, 2016 ... Eventually, fissures and holes in underground carbonate cannot hold the overlying rock and it collapses, causing a sinkhole. Incredibly, this is ... causing sinkholes. The state of Florida, USA is used as a case study in which the role of global warming is evident, based on correlation analysis between ... One of the worst human-caused sinkholes occurred in 1994 in Polk County, located in Central Florida. First, some background: 30 percent of the world's phosphate ... Jan 11, 2013 ... Florida is riddled with sinkholes due to its karst topography. Sometimes these sinkholes can cause extensive damage to infrastructure and ... Mar 4, 2013 ... Sinkholes in Florida are caused by the state's porous geological bedrock, according to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. As ... Sep 10, 2022 ... In Florida, the constant threat of sinkholes is due to fact that the state is built on a bedrock of limestone. Rain gradually dissolves the rock ... A sinkhole is a depression or hole in the ground caused by the collapse of a surface layer. Florida's unique geology, composed of limestone and other carbonate ... (j) “Sinkhole loss” means structural damage to the covered building, including the foundation, caused by sinkhole activity. Contents coverage and additional ...