Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tar balls, sticky, dark clumps have been appearing along the beaches in Florida, staining sand and skin, and even causing Fort ...

The oil wells of Platform Holly, located two miles offshore Goleta, have been successfully plugged and abandoned. Coincidentally, I have observed a dramatic reduction in the amount of tar in the water ...

“Unfortunately, the beach is covered in tar balls, if you haven’t heard,” Mustang Island State Park Ranger Eric Ehrlich said in a video posted to Facebook this week. He explained that the tar balls ...

LONG BEACH, Calif. (KABC) -- Volunteers scoured the shoreline along Long Beach and Belmont Shore to clean up tar balls as a four-mile stretch of the coast remains closed Thursday. After the tar balls ...

Tar balls have been washing ashore on Texas beaches, primarily in Cameron, Nueces and Matagorda counties. Authorities are monitoring the situation and investigating the source of the tar balls. Tar ...

MINUTES. JADE, ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. BROOKE. WELL, PEOPLE TRYING TO ENJOY THIS WARM WEATHER AT SOME BEACHES IN OUR AREA COMING ACROSS SOMETHING BLACK AND STICKY ON THE SAND TAR WASHING UP ON THE ...

Tar balls are small clumps of oil that appear on beaches, often remnants of oil spills or natural oil seeps. Exposure to tar balls can cause skin irritation or allergic reactions in some individuals ...

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 investigated ...