tidewater

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As temperatures continue rising around the Antarctic Peninsula, more glaciers are losing their protective ice tongues and becoming tidewater glaciers, meaning their termini rest directly on the seabed.

From Science Daily • May 19, 2026

Many Antarctic glaciers are tidewater glaciers, meaning they sit on the ocean floor and extend into the sea, where they release icebergs.

From Science Daily • Feb. 26, 2026

But the presence of the tidewater goby meant the road could not be cleared nor a temporary ramp erected — at least before the triathlon.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 26, 2023

The roadway was not immediately cleared, and in time, the tidewater goby took up residence.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 20, 2023

I could see all the way to tidewater and beyond.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer