Sentences with phrase «become waterborne»

This turns into a terrible Catch 22: When the flow increases, the glaciers get thinner and move away from solid land and become waterborne.

As they become waterborne, the flow accelerates.

Not exact matches

A decade ago, Rita Colwell and colleagues at the University of Maryland discovered that Vibrio cholerae, a waterborne bacterium that causes cholera, also becomes dormant.

Even though many municipal water supplies are treated with chlorine, the top water layer can become a breeding ground for bacteria, algae or waterborne illness, such as giardia and E. coli.

As droughts, floods and waterborne diseases intensify with global warming, this «natural infrastructure» will become more important than ever.