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   Santa Cruz is seeing more great white sharks.   
      
   Now researchers know why   
      
   Santa Cruz County didn't used to be a place where you'd see a lot of   
   sharks.   
      
   The cool but inviting waters of the Monterey Bay have long been the   
   cherished turf of carefree surfers and relaxing beachgoers and, of   
   course, seals, seabirds and the occasional humpback.   
      
   But a few years ago, surprising numbers of young great white sharks   
   began showing up. The apex predators converged largely off the coast   
   of the community of Aptos, swimming so close to shore that sometimes   
   the long, dark frames of a half dozen great whites could be spotted.   
   The summer spectacle, which caught even the best marine scientists off   
   guard, hasn't let up.   
      
   Researchers, in a study published Tuesday, now say they understand why   
   the sharks are there. The young great whites, in another worrisome   
   consequence of climate change, have found that the warming waters of   
   the Monterey Bay have become suitable nursing grounds because of the   
   temperature. Historically, they had preferred the mild conditions of   
   Southern California and northern Mexico.   
      
      
      
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