but it remains unknown," the Coast Guard tweeted over the weekend. Fort Lauderdale temporarily closed a portion of its beach on Saturday, but it reopened on Sunday. Some of the tar balls were ...

Tar balls, sticky, dark clumps have been appearing along the beaches in Florida, staining sand and skin, and even causing Fort Lauderdale Beach to temporarily close. The U.S Coast Guard ...

“Coogee beach is closed until further notice ... According to The Guardian, the current hypothesis is that the unknown materials are “tar balls”. These sometimes occur after an oil spill ...