Fate of water pumped from underground and contributions to sea-level rise
Wada, Y.; Lo, M.-H.; Yeh, P.J.-F.; Reager, J.T.; Famiglietti, J.S.; Wu, R.-J.; Tseng, Y.-H. (2016). Fate of water pumped from underground and contributions to sea-level rise. Nat. Clim. Chang. 6(8): 777-780. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nclimate3001
In: Nature Climate Change. Nature Publishing Group: London. ISSN 1758-678X; e-ISSN 1758-6798, more
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| Authors | | Top |
- Wada, Y.
- Lo, M.-H.
- Yeh, P.J.-F.
- Reager, J.T.
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- Famiglietti, J.S.
- Wu, R.-J.
- Tseng, Y.-H.
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| Abstract |
This study shows that 80% of extracted groundwater ends up in the ocean and contributed 0.27?mm per year to sea-level rise in 2000. These numbers indicate that previous studies overestimated groundwater contributions over the past century. |
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