ScienceAugust 16, 2026
estuarine
ES-choo-uh-reen
Definition
Relating to or found in an estuary, which is the tidal mouth of a large river where the tide meets the stream.
Etymology
Derived from the Latin word 'aestuarium,' meaning tidal inlet, which itself comes from 'aestus,' meaning tide or surge.
In the news
The article uses the term to describe coastal areas where human nutrient runoff strips oxygen from the water, paralleling how oxygen-depleted zones are forming elsewhere in the ocean.
At the bottom of the Black Sea, below about 150 metres, the water contains no oxygen at all, and shipwrecks preserved in that dead zone include a 2,400-year-old Greek merchant vessel found in 2018 with its mast, rudder and rowing benches still intact on the
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