Scientists have made a breakthrough in identifying small grey balls that forced the closure of some of the country's most ...

The marble-sized white and grey balls were tested and discovered to contain "saturated fatty acids, along with fecal ...

The origin of mysterious round blobs that washed ashore on Sydney beaches earlier this month, forcing their closure, is ...

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Sydney’s pumping of primary-treated effluent into the ocean makes us out of step with the rest of the world, a water ...

Months after mysterious black balls forced the closure of some of Sydney's most famous beaches, small marble-like debris has ...

Mysterious polluting spheres that closed nine northern beaches contain similar contents to the “tar” balls that appeared ...

The discovery of the marble-sized balls comes after a similar incident in October closed Sydney's Bondi Beach, among other tourist hotspots.

Nine beaches in Sydney’s north have been closed after mysterious balls of debris washed ashore. The marble-sized balls of ...

these larger golf-ball-sized chunks of mystery debris first started appearing on Sydney beaches in October, and continued washing up throughout the next couple of months. However, testing revealed ...

The mysterious balls that forced the closure of several beaches in Sydney last week were found to contain saturated fatty ...

The mysterious balls that forced the closure of several beaches in Sydney last week were found to contain saturated acids, E. coli and faecal bacteria, authorities say. Sydney's Northern Beaches ...