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Tar balls wash ashore on Florida beaches, but the source of the sticky black goo is a mystery

Tar Balls Florida Beaches - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

The U.S. Coast Guard has been searching for tar balls that began showing up on south Florida beaches over the weekend, but so far the source of the black muck remains a mystery.

The agency has been investigating reports of tar balls from Port Everglades to Palm Beach along the coast of the Atlantic Ocean, the Coast Guard said in a statement.

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