Tar balls wash ashore on Florida beaches, but the source is a mystery
The U.S. Coast Guard has been searching for tar balls that began showing up on Florida beaches over the weekend.
Fewer tar balls washing up in Palm Beach as source remains a mystery, officials say
The sticky, gooey mess is beginning to clear up along Palm Beach’s Atlantic Ocean coastline, town officials said.
Coast Guard investigating cause of tar balls washing up on Florida beaches
Beaches in South Florida are open again after an oily substance presumed to be tar balls began washing up on the coast between West Palm Beach and Miami-Dade County over the weekend. Tarballs in the ...
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Tar balls make sticky mess on Palm Beach beaches during busy weekend
But beachgoers faced a viscous mess that started Saturday: Tar balls, accumulations of a sticky black material, dotting the coast. The U.S. Coast Guard reported the tar balls in a post on X ...
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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 ...
Mysterious Tar Balls Shut Down Florida Beaches As Coast Guard Launches Investigation
Mysterious tar balls washed up on several Florida beaches, forcing closures and triggering an investigation by the U.S. Coast Guard. Fort Lauderdale’s shoreline was among the most impacted, after the ...
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Tar balls on South Florida beaches have dissipated on their own, Coast Guard says
The tar balls that washed up on South Florida beaches, from Hollywood to Palm Beach County, seem to be dissipating on their own, the Coast Guard said Monday. “We conducted aerial flights and ...