Environmental officials in Australia still haven't completely solved the mystery of black balls found littering popular beaches on the country's eastern coastline, but they're getting closer. The New ...

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 ...

SYDNEY, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Beaches in Sydney re-opened on Saturday for swimmers after authorities cleared thousands of black pollution balls washed ashore, which testing found to be formed from ...

LONG BRANCH, New Jersey (WPVI) -- The Coast Guard and several other agencies in New Jersey are investigating after tar balls were discovered along the Jersey Shore on Long Branch and Monmouth beaches.

SYDNEY — The mysterious balls that forced the closure of several beaches in Sydney last week were found to contain saturated fatty acids, E. coli and fecal bacteria, authorities say. Sydney's Northern ...