Australia: Sydney seashores closed attributable to black tar balls | EUROtoday

Sydney’s well-known Bondi Beach and several other different seashores within the metropolis have been closed by authorities after mysterious tar balls washed up on the shore. An area council spokesman mentioned all Waverley seashores remained closed as a precautionary measure till additional investigations had been accomplished.

Thousands of the black balls have already been found on the seashores previously few days. Chemical exams revealed that they have been hydrocarbon-based tar balls. The actual origin of the balls, that are the dimensions of a pea or a tennis ball, stays unclear. According to specialists, they’ll come up when oil spilled within the sea is whirled up by wind and waves right into a viscous mass, which then breaks down into smaller items.