Melting Glaciers Are Releasing Tonnes of Bacteria Into Rivers and Streams, Study Reveals
Potentially harmful pathogens and other thousands of microbes could leak into rivers and lakes as the glaciers melt from human-caused climate change. As the bacteria and algae melt off of the glacier’s surface an average of 650,000 tonnes...
Or San Francisco after a rainy spell when the sewage treatment plants back up - surfers know to avoid Ocean Beach* after storms due to gross skin infections etc
*Actually a very impressive spot to watch them, the waves can get really big there - experts-only type stuff for sure at such times.