cold water

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Cut off from historic higher elevation cold-water spawning grounds by the Shasta and Keswick dams, the fish have been stranded for decades in the Sacramento River — where warm water routinely cooks their eggs.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

Dr Massey, who has swum the channel and competed in the world ice-swimming championships, goes cold-water swimming once a week but only spends a couple of minutes in the water.

From BBC • Dec. 29, 2025

In major cities, middle-class reformers opened settlement houses for poor immigrants, enacted housing codes to ban cold-water tenements and set up free public schools.

From Salon • Jul. 30, 2025

The study also produced more evidence that cold-water tolerance varies significantly among salmon species.

From Science Daily • Apr. 16, 2024

Lupita went to the washbasin, turned on the cold-water tap, and mopped at her eyes and cheeks with a damp paper towel.

From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty