Tar balls have popped up across South Florida, including in Indian River County over the weekend. Have you seen them on the beach?

but the source can also be “natural seeps” in which oil slowly escapes from petroleum reserves beneath the ocean floor, according to NOAA. That was a possible source of tar balls that washed ...

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 ...

Tar balls are little, dark-colored pieces of oil. They can sometimes be remnants of an oil spill or produced from natural seeps – places where oil slowly escapes from the Earth's surface above ...