Most of the net water transferred over the past 15 years from non-glaciated land to the oceans has originated from landlocked basins, according to satellite data. This source of sea-level rise is often overlooked.
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Pavelsky, T.M. World’s landlocked basins drying. Nature Geosci 11, 892–893 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-018-0269-3
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