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Fortune
Chris Morris

Waves slamming into the California coast getting bigger due to climate change

(Credit: Leonard Ortiz/Digital First Media/Orange County Register via Getty Images)

Surf’s up in California—way up.

The average height of waves has increased as much as one foot since 1970, according to a new study by the University of California San Diego. That’s a 13% increase—and you can thank climate change for the bigger waves.

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