From "The Drying Planet" (2025-07-25) https://www.propublica.org/article/water-aquifers-groundwater-rising-ocean-levels https://www.propublica.org/article/water

From "The Drying Planet" (2025-07-25) https://www.propublica.org/article/water-aquifers-groundwater-rising-ocean-levels https://www.propublica.org/article/water-aquifers-groundwate... : > [Global map of Water Loss (in mmSLE)] > In the far north, the detected loss is due largely to glaciers melting and subarctic lakes drying. > But farther south — where most people live — it is largely the race to suck groundwater from aquifers that is removing the water from the continents. > So much groundwater is now being pumped that it is filling the oceans as it drains off land, becoming one of the largest drivers of global sea level rise. [...] > Water From Land Has Become a Leading Driver of Sea Level Rise > Most of the water lost from drying regions is from groundwater pumping, which ultimately shifts fresh water from aquifers into the oceans.