Mystery tar balls wash ashore in Florida
What's the source of the dark goop washing up on Florida's beaches? The U.S. Coast Guard is scanning the shores from Port Everglades to Palm Beach after locals reported sticky balls of sludge amid the sands. They're far from unique—"While some tar balls may be as large as pancakes, most are coin-sized," the agency says in a fact sheet about the phenomenon—but are an environmental problem for beachgoers of every species and officials want the mystery solved. — Read the rest The post Mystery tar balls wash ashore in Florida appeared first on Boing Boing.
What's the source of the dark goop washing up on Florida's beaches? The U.S. Coast Guard is scanning the shores from Port Everglades to Palm Beach after locals reported sticky balls of sludge amid the sands. They're far from unique—"While some tar balls may be as large as pancakes, most are coin-sized," the agency says in a fact sheet about the phenomenon—but are an environmental problem for beachgoers of every species and officials want the mystery solved. — Read the rest
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