Black balls wash up on Sydney beach

[Black Red Devil]

Workers are investigating hundreds of mysterious black balls that have washed up along the coastline at Coogee Beach and Gordons Bay, forcing them to close.

Probably debris from some cargo ship as suggested in the video.  No Good!!

[+and-then]

After the Deepwater Horizon oil disaster, we had these things washing up on the beaches of Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida, for months and months.

[Alchopwn]

They all belong to Kim Kardashian.

 

[josellama2000]

that looks like BS, literally. And i am taking about the balls, not about the article/publication.

Edited October 17 by josellama2000

[Still Waters]

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Chemical testing has identified them as hydrocarbon-based tar balls, local officials said.

Tar balls can form when slicks of spilled oil are battered by wind and waves, mixing to form a sticky seawater emulsion that eventually breaks into smaller pieces or "balls".

The source is still unknown.

https://phys.org/news/2024-10-bondi-beach-sydney-shores-tar.html

[Black Red Devil]

5 hours ago, josellama2000 said:

that looks like BS, literally. And i am taking about the balls, not about the article/publication.

What's the BS part about the balls?

[josellama2000]

On 10/17/2024 at 4:17 PM, Black Red Devil said:

What's the BS part about the balls?

choose at your discretion
reference source: Doo-Doo, C. R., & Stinkley, F. A. (2001). The Universal Encyclopedia of Poo, page #2.

Edited October 19 by josellama2000

[Piney]

On 10/17/2024 at 10:32 AM, josellama2000 said:

that looks like BS, literally. And i am taking about the balls, not about the article/publication.

Road apples and meadow muffins. 😆

[Still Waters]

Sydney reopens beaches after tar ball mystery

New South Wales's Environment Minister, Penny Sharpe, said investigations were continuing to establish the source of the pollution and who was responsible.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly5067p6p1o

[Trelane]

On 10/19/2024 at 12:14 PM, Still Waters said:

Sydney reopens beaches after tar ball mystery

New South Wales's Environment Minister, Penny Sharpe, said investigations were continuing to establish the source of the pollution and who was responsible.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly5067p6p1o

I blame OJ.

[Black Red Devil]

2 hours ago, Trelane said:

I blame OJ.

I blame the Biden administration.

[Doc Socks Junior]

Little goops of tar wash up on central California beaches quite frequently. Natural oil seeps are the main culprit.

[Still Waters]

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The mysterious black balls that washed up on Sydney’s beaches in mid-October were likely lumps of “fatberg” containing traces of human faeces, methamphetamine and PFAS, according to a new detailed analysis of their composition.

Initial reports suggested the ominous lumps were probably tar balls from an oil spill. However, analysis with a barrage of scientific tests has revealed a more complicated picture.

https://theconversation.com/black-balls-on-sydney-beaches-are-likely-fatbergs-showing-traces-of-human-faeces-methamphetamine-and-pfas-new-analysis-242681

[Doc Socks Junior]

Huh, even less enjoyable than tar seeps.

[WVK]

On 10/22/2024 at 9:59 AM, Doc Socks Junior said:

Little goops of tar wash up on central California beaches quite frequently. Natural oil seeps are the main culprit.

Galveston as well

[+and-then]

17 hours ago, WVK said:

Galveston as well

It could still be coming from the residue of the Deepwater Horizon blowout from a decade ago.