McGirr, RebeccaTregoning, PaulPurcell, AnthonyMcQueen, Herb2025-05-302025-05-300094-8276WOS:001229467200001ORCID:/0000-0001-5289-3902/work/168314247ORCID:/0000-0001-9439-8571/work/168316412http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85193902848&partnerID=8YFLogxKhttps://hdl.handle.net/1885/733754728Space gravity missions have enabled the quantification of the mass component of sea-level rise over the past two decades. Barystatic sea-level rise is predominantly driven by melting polar ice sheets and mountain glaciers. However, continental hydrological processes also contribute to global sea level change at significant magnitudes. We show that for most coastal areas in low-to-mid latitudes, up to half of manometric sea-level rise is due to changes in water storage in ice-free continental regions. At other locations the direct attraction effect of anthropogenic pumping of groundwater over the duration of the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) and GRACE Follow-On (GRACE-FO) mission offsets sea-level rise from ice sheet and glacier melt. If these trends in continental hydrological storage were to slow or stop, these regions would experience greatly accelerated sea-level rise, posing a risk to coastal settlements and infrastructure, however, for most coastal communities current rates of sea-level rise would be significantly reduced.The analysis of the GRACE Follow-On data was funded in part through contracts with Geoscience Australia. R. McGirr was funded by the Australian Research Council Special Research Initiative, Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science (Project Number SR200100008). We would like to thank Dr Julia Pfeffer and an anonymous reviewer for their insightful comments and constructive feedback, which significantly enhanced the quality of this manuscript. Open access publishing facilitated by Australian National University, as part of the Wiley - Australian National University agreement via the Council of Australian University Librarians. The analysis of the GRACE Follow\u2010On data was funded in part through contracts with Geoscience Australia. R. McGirr was funded by the Australian Research Council Special Research Initiative, Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science (Project Number SR200100008). We would like to thank Dr Julia Pfeffer and an anonymous reviewer for their insightful comments and constructive feedback, which significantly enhanced the quality of this manuscript. Open access publishing facilitated by Australian National University, as part of the Wiley \u2010 Australian National University agreement via the Council of Australian University Librarians.enPublisher Copyright: © 2024. The Authors. Geophysical Research Letters published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of American Geophysical Union.2024-05-2810.1029/2024GL10839485193902848