Newfoundland Memorial Univeristy team find white masses are likely material used to clean pipes in oil industryWhen 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. Continue reading…
Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/nov/07/canada-blob-mystery-solved
Author : Leyland Cecco in Toronto
Publish date : 2024-11-07 20:26:46
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‘The first thing I did was poke it’: Canada beach blobs mystery solved by chemists
