Model estimates of sea-level change due to anthropogenic impacts on terrestrial water storage

Changes in terrestrial water storage are likely to affect sea level, but comprehensive and reliable data are scarce. Simulations of global terrestrial water stocks and flows, with an integrated model that specifically accounts for human activities, indicate that groundwater depletion and reservoir storage have together led to a sea-level rise of about 0.66 mm yr−1between 1961 and 2003, about 36% of the observed rise.