Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Lindsay Jones
Publication Date: November 6, 2024 - 18:08
How a Newfoundland scientist solved the mystery of the white blobs washing ashore
November 6, 2024
Chris Kozak didn’t set out to be a blobologist. But when a colleague handed him Ziploc bags filled with some of the curious white goop that has been washing up on the beaches of Newfoundland’s Placentia Bay, the Memorial University chemistry professor knew what he had to do. The globs had perplexed locals, baffled government scientists and captured the world’s attention since they rolled in with the tide in early September.“The main thing we want to give the folks living in the communities of Placentia Bay is some peace of mind,” said Dr. Kozak during an interview.
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