The Human Impacts Database

A collection of useful numbers for quantifying the impacts of the human presence on Earth.


Quantity Value HuID Source Type
Observed global mean sea level rise since 1900 0.208 ± 0.010 m 82885 Frederikse, T., Landerer, F., Caron, …
Irrigated water requirement for rice production ≈ 0.39 m3 / Mcal 83922 Eshel, G., Shepon, A., Makov, …
Global agricultural water withdrawal ≈ 1.35 × 1012 m3 / yr 84545 FAO (Food and Agricultural Organization …
Mass loss (anomaly) from Antarctic Ice Sheet since 2002 -(2.760 ± 0.063) × 1015 kg 88530 Wiese, D. N., D.-N. Yuan, …
Annual arctic sea ice volume loss (3 ± 1) × 1011 m3 / yr 89520 Schweiger, A., Lindsay, R., Zhang, …
Global average ocean pH 8.055 ± 0.001 pH units 90472 Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service …
Annual Antarctic ice sheet mass loss -(1.52 ± 0.39) × 1014 kg / yr 93137 Wiese, D. N., D.-N. Yuan, …
Ocean heat uptake (1.1 ± 0.2) × 1022 J / yr 94108 Cheng, L., Trenberth, K. E., …
Global hydroelectric dam reservoir capacity ≈ 5.4 × 1015 m3 94828 FAO (Food and Agricultural Organization …
Global water consumed by livestock ≈ 17 × 109 m3 / yr 95345 Quin, Y., Mueller, N. D., …
Annual Greenland ice sheet mass loss -(2.75 ± 0.21) × 1014 kg / yr 95798 Wiese, D. N., D.-N. Yuan, …
Global annual mean sea level rise due to meltwater {1.97 (-0.34, + 0.36)} × 10-3 m / yr 97108 Frederikse, T., Landerer, F., Caron, …
Global annual mean sea level rise due to thermal expansion {1.19 (-0.20, +0.25)} × 10-3 m / yr 97688 Frederikse, T., Landerer, F., Caron, …