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 this year, the event was on the verge of cancellation after the belated discovery of the tidewater goby, an endangered fish, in an underpass on the biking course.

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 wait for hours in the mildewy shed, the tidewater just barely seeping in under the door.

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper