The structures inevitably fail as the wood rots, causing problems like sinkholes, he said. Today they are illegal under state law. Buried septic tanks are used now. A driver noticed the sinkhole ...

creating sinkholes. In Atlanta, there is no law preventing people from burying this organic material, so sometimes stumps, trees and limbs are buried on purpose. Problems arise later as they rot ...

The boy fell into a sinkhole, where he remained ... "Analyses of buried trees and surrounding sediment indicated that saprotrophic wood decay fungi continue to actively decompose trees after ...

He has testified in federal courtrooms, and his command of the subject has helped to find buried human remains and weapons caches. “When sinkholes happen,” Bechtel said, “my phone starts ...

Typically, these "buried sinkholes" are a few metres across and between 5m (16ft 5in) to 10m (32 ft 10in) deep. A sinkhole was probably to blame for this horse becoming stuck in 2018 While gradual ...

A massive sinkhole stretching 100 feet opened up in ... as a result of mining or leaky utility lines or from the decay of buried material, according to Penn State Extension, which focuses on ...

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 ...