A panel of NASA scientists said Wednesday that sea levels across the world have increased on an average eight centimeters since 1992. Main factors behind the rise are warming waters and melting ice. By the end of the century, sea level rise would probably be at the extreme end of its predicted rise from between 0.3 and 0.9 metres.

Geophysicist Steve Nerem from University of Colorado said that sea level is increasing at faster pace than the level witnessed five decades back. Nerem has predicted that things will get worse with time.

It has been noticed that changes witnessed are not uniform. Some areas have been witnessing sea level increasing more than 25cm and other regions like the US west coast have been noticing a decline. As per scientists, ocean currents and natural cycles have been temporarily balancing sea level rise in the Pacific.

Study researchers have warned that the US west coast could witness a massive rise in sea levels in the next two decades. It has also been predicted that low-lying areas like Florida is especially vulnerable.

Tom Wagner, a NASA scientist, said, "If you're going to put in major infrastructure like a water treatment plant or a power plant in a coastal zone ... we have data you can now use to estimate what the impacts are going to be in the next 100 years".