Crowds line the shore at Manhattan Beach, Calif. as a late winter heat wave sent temperatures soaring in Southern California on March, 14, 2015. Los Angeles temperatures in mid-March typically top out around 70 degrees, but by that afternoon, the downtown temperature hit the 91-degree mark. Santa Monica reached 93 degrees, and Torrance, adjacent to Manhattan Beach, hit 95 degrees. (AP Photo/John Antczak)

(Bloomberg) — A day after California imposed mandatory water restrictions to battle a four-year drought, a new study on global warming suggests the worst is yet to come.

The average number of days with temperatures higher than 95 degrees Fahrenheit (35 degrees Celsius) may double or even triple by the end of the century, threatening one of the world’s richest agricultural regions. At the same time, $19 billion in coastal property will likely disappear as sea levels rise, the study found.

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