I think it might be some sort of pollen. I have a pond in my yard in west roxbury and noticed the same sort of soapy materiel on the pond today. Or that could just be a coincidence.

Pollen?

By Ward8Mahatma on Thu, 05/26/2016 - 10:54am.

Though it looks a bit too foamy for that... Probably plain old sea foam which can be caused by a high concentration of dissolved organic matter. Polluted outfall from, say, a storm drain, could be the culprit or it could be due to the breakdown of an algae bloom.

I guess

By The Dowager on Thu, 05/26/2016 - 11:21am.

that's one way to clean up the harbor

any signs of oil

By SFPD12 on Thu, 05/26/2016 - 11:39am.

someone may have been trying to clean the bilge and pumped it out

not uncommon

By aegtx on Thu, 05/26/2016 - 12:20pm.

This happens fairly often when they release a lot of water from the Charles in warm weather. I don't know what causes it.

Tide's In!

By anon on Thu, 05/26/2016 - 1:07pm.

Dirt's out!

"Did somebody dump a

By John Abdul on Thu, 05/26/2016 - 6:49pm.

"Did somebody dump a truckload of detergent pods in Boston Harbor?" No, perhaps some less technological advances Luddites dumped liquid or even powder detergent.

Did somebody dump a truckload of detergent pods in Boston Harbor?

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