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

When a tidewater glacier thins enough, it can lift off the seabed and begin floating on the ocean surface.

From Science Daily • Feb. 26, 2026

Organizers of the triathlon did not receive confirmation of the tidewater goby’s presence in the Zuma Beach underpass until late August.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 26, 2023

“God bless the tidewater goby, but let’s be honest, you guys have the power — you need to allow this to go forward,” said Pamela Conley Ulich, a former mayor of Malibu.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 20, 2023

Faced with the obvious folly of his original ambition, to walk five hundred miles to tidewater, he reconsidered his plans.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer