UK: Scientists trying to identify mystery foam that engulfed town
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UK: Scientists trying to identify mystery foam that engulfed town
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December 30, 2011 2:46PM
SCIENTISTS in England were Thursday (Friday AEDT) scrambling to identify a mystery foam that engulfed a seaside town in the country's north.
The foam blew in from the sea at Cleveleys, north of Liverpool, on Wednesday, flooding roads and coating homes. Photos published in British media outlets show the substance about knee-deep on seafront roads.
Samples taken during previous episodes have found the foam is not caused by pollution and Environment Agency officers who collected samples this week suspect decomposing algae as the source.
A spokesman said, "We have taken samples of the foam as obviously if this is caused by any kind of polluting material, we need to know about it. Early samples are not showing any trace of detergent so we think it could be the combination of decomposing algal matter churned with the tide and the westerly wind which is causing the foam."
A spokeswoman told the Guardian, "If we can understand what conditions cause it, that will help us predict it and help local authorities involved in the clean-up operations."
Meanwhile, resident Gorden Stanley told the Daily Mirror that the foam was "horrendous."
"It is oil based so it is terrible for your car and stains your clothes and windows, people don't like to go out of the house in it," he said.
UK: Scientists trying to identify mystery foam that engulfed town
NewsCore
December 30, 2011 2:46PM
SCIENTISTS in England were Thursday (Friday AEDT) scrambling to identify a mystery foam that engulfed a seaside town in the country's north.
The foam blew in from the sea at Cleveleys, north of Liverpool, on Wednesday, flooding roads and coating homes. Photos published in British media outlets show the substance about knee-deep on seafront roads.
Samples taken during previous episodes have found the foam is not caused by pollution and Environment Agency officers who collected samples this week suspect decomposing algae as the source.
A spokesman said, "We have taken samples of the foam as obviously if this is caused by any kind of polluting material, we need to know about it. Early samples are not showing any trace of detergent so we think it could be the combination of decomposing algal matter churned with the tide and the westerly wind which is causing the foam."
A spokeswoman told the Guardian, "If we can understand what conditions cause it, that will help us predict it and help local authorities involved in the clean-up operations."
Meanwhile, resident Gorden Stanley told the Daily Mirror that the foam was "horrendous."
"It is oil based so it is terrible for your car and stains your clothes and windows, people don't like to go out of the house in it," he said.
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