Florida’s ground isn’t just unstable—it’s actively trying to swallow the state whole. Sinkholes form without warning, carving sudden voids beneath homes, roads, and even sleeping residents.
Florida is the exposed portion of a much larger geological platform. According to the Florida Geological Survey, this platform extends for hundreds of miles beyond the modern coastline beneath the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico. The structure is composed primarily of carbonate rocks formed from marine sediments and microscopic organisms that accumulated during periods when warm, shallow sea…