A recent incident at George Popham Beach in Phippsburg, Maine, USA, has brought attention to the natural phenomenon of quicksand. A woman, while walking on the water's edge with her husband, fell into a sinkhole up to her hips. Her husband managed to pull her out before the hole disappeared.
Quicksand is a mixture of sand and water or air that appears solid but becomes unstable when disturbed. In this case, the sand was supersaturated due to climate change and rerouted river flow, making it more prone to collapse.
