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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Environment
Leyland Cecco in Toronto

‘The first thing I did was poke it’: Canada beach blobs mystery solved by chemists

white doughy blob on stony beach
Mysterious white blobs have been washing up on beaches across Newfoundland for over a month, sparking an investigation by Canadian authorities. Photograph: Philip Grace via Facebook

When the chemist Chris Kozak finally got his hands on a sample of the mysterious blobs that recently washed up on the shores of Newfoundland’s beaches, Project Unknown Glob officially began.

At his disposal, Kozak and a team of graduate students had the “gorgeous” new science building and “world-class facilities” of Newfoundland’s Memorial University to run a battery of tests on the white, doughy blob.

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