Utah’s ground is cracking open — and it’s not earthquakes behind the destruction. These fissures tear across farmland and rural land without warning, swallowing livestock and equipment as they split for miles.
Ground fissures in Utah have been opening in rural areas for years, creating deep cracks in the earth that can stretch for miles. Scientists with the Utah Geological Survey attribute these fissures primarily to groundwater depletion, though the phenomenon has not attracted widespread national attention.The process works similarly to a sponge drying out. Underground aquifers hold water that support…