Why Do Sinkholes Keep Catching Us By Surprise?

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You'd think if we can tell when a star is about to implode that we could predict when a giant hole is about to open up here on earth and ruin our day. So why are sinkholes still so hard to predict? Skillshare is offering SciShow viewers two months of unlimited access to Skillshare for free! https://skl.sh/scishow-13 Hosted by: Hank Green SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at https://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Greg, Alex Schuerch, Alex Hackman, Andrew Finley Brenan, Sam Lutfi, D.A. Noe, الخليفي سلطان, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, Patrick D. Ashmore, charles george, Kevin Bealer, Chris Peters ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://www.nasa.gov/press/2014/march/nasa-radar-demonstrates-ability-to-foresee-sinkholes#.XETj-1xKiMq https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/02/140213-corvette-sinkhole-kentucky-museum-science/ https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7895138 https://theconversation.com/how-to-detect-a-sinkhole-before-it-swallows-you-up-101543 https://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/2

Published 2019-02-23 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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