We see news reports of sinkholes opening in various places all over the world. What I never hear about is what’s done afterward. I assume smaller ones, like this one in [Taiwan](https://supercarblondie.com/sinkhole-swallows-tesla-model-y-taiwan/) could be repaired without too much hassle. What about the larger sinkholes in [Turkey](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11262701/16-giant-sinkholes-open-one-Turkish-region-months.html)?
Is there a way to make land like that usable again? Or do people just sort of put up a sign and hope no one falls in?
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We know that sinkholes are caused by water erosion. We can fill them and make another house or road over the old spot. But we don’t know if it’ll happen again.
Sinkholes are a consequence of what the land is made of, the rocks and dirt buildings and roads are built on. What adults call geology and topography.
Would you believe me if I told you that some rocks dissolve in water? Limestone is one of those kinds of rocks. And the earth underneath these buildings that fall into sinkholes is made mostly of limestone.
So what happens to these sinkholes? If they’re small enough and localized people fill them in and hope it doesn’t happen again. Sometimes they’re unbelievably enormous and people move elsewhere. Most times the property is deemed unstable and condemned. It depends.
We know that sinkholes are caused by water erosion. We can fill them and make another house or road over the old spot. But we don’t know if it’ll happen again.
Sinkholes are a consequence of what the land is made of, the rocks and dirt buildings and roads are built on. What adults call geology and topography.
Would you believe me if I told you that some rocks dissolve in water? Limestone is one of those kinds of rocks. And the earth underneath these buildings that fall into sinkholes is made mostly of limestone.
So what happens to these sinkholes? If they’re small enough and localized people fill them in and hope it doesn’t happen again. Sometimes they’re unbelievably enormous and people move elsewhere. Most times the property is deemed unstable and condemned. It depends.
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In cities where the land is valuable they normally get filled in or built over, sometimes they become waste dumps.
In the countryside it’s not normally worth anyone’s time and money to fill them in, they are left alone or they become a waste dump and poison the groundwater
In cities where the land is valuable they normally get filled in or built over, sometimes they become waste dumps.
In the countryside it’s not normally worth anyone’s time and money to fill them in, they are left alone or they become a waste dump and poison the groundwater
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