Several Sydney beaches were closed down in October 2024 while authorities investigated mysterious tar balls that had washed ashore. NBC News reported on the phenomenon, explaining that the mysterious ...
The unusual floaters were first spotted on Coogee Beach on Tuesday. Randwick City Council says preliminary test results from samples collected on Tuesday afternoon showed the balls were a ...
Golf balls have begun to wash up on Central Coast shores.At Carmel Beach, local residents are collecting the plethora of balls that have been deposited on the beach after recent winter storms.Conall ...
"There is strong evidence that the seafloor constitutes a final sink for plastics from land sources. There also is evidence that part of the plastics lying on the shallow seafloor are washed up back ...
Beachgoers have been urged to stay out of the water on the NSW Central Coast after 'debris balls' washed up along the shore. The grey-coloured balls, ranging in size from 10-40g were spotted by ...
Mediterranean Sea Posidonia oceanica seagrass is washing up on beaches in the form of balls—dubbed ‘Neptune balls’—full of plastic waste. The underwater meadow is acting kind of like a sink—cleaning ...
Authorities in New Jersey are investigating after they were notified of mysterious tar balls peppering the beaches of the Jersey Shore. The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), the New Jersey Department of ...
At a brief glance, they look like fallen coconuts, or even curled-up furry animals. They could even be mistaken for carefully-arranged deposits from some kind of extraterrestrial civilization.