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What are Kelvin waves, and what risk do they pose to California this fall?

What are Kelvin waves, and what risk do they pose to California this fall?
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What This Story Is About A massive, slow-moving underwater pulse of warm equatorial water called a Kelvin wave is traveling across the Pacific toward California. Why It Matters Because warm water expands, it can temporarily elevate sea levels, increasing high-tide flooding and worsening beach ero...

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