The seas have served as a fungus that has hidden the effects of climate change. The researchers note that 90 percent of the warming has been absorbed by the seas, as well as 20-30 percent of the carbon dioxide we released. Without the sea, the effects in the atmosphere would have been significantly worse.

But the oceans are hard hit by being our safety net. Heat shocks, lack of oxygen and acidic water cause the ecosystem to be torn apart and food supply threatened. Instead of polar bears, corals have become the new symbol of climate change. At two degrees of heating, they run the risk of almost completely disappearing. Fishing will deteriorate around the tropics. As the IPCC's Hoesung Lee notes, "The ocean affects us all - it's critical to all life on the planet."

It's going faster now

Sweden is not spared climate change, on the contrary, warming in the north is greater than in the rest of the world. Many of our glaciers will disappear, as will 80 percent of glaciers in temperate areas by 2100. It is not vital, but a strong symbol and indicator of how the climate is changing. But that clock has been ringing for a long time.

Greenland, the Arctic and Antarctic are melting, as we have said before, we know, but a conclusion from the Climate Panel's report is more alarming; it's going faster now. Antarctica melts three times as fast as 20 years ago. Greenland melts twice as fast. The sea level is rising faster and will continue to accelerate. And it is human emissions that is the cause, states the Climate Panel.

Deciding how hard we can slow down

The report, in its factual dryness, is a frightening read that describes not only that the planet has already been changed by man, but also that it will continue. Change is coming- weather you like it or not, to traverse Greta Thunberg. Because even if we apply the brake, the ice will continue to melt and the seas will rise. But the question is just how much. It is determined by how hard we can slow down and reduce emissions.

Right now you haven't even moved your foot off the accelerator pedal. Warming is heading towards 3-4 degrees instead of 1.5 decided by the world's countries in Paris 2015. It should be borne in mind that the best climate panel scenario for the seas and ice is that the heating stops at +2 degrees. It also poses great risks for hundreds of millions of people on the coasts, and for animals and nature.

The report does not look to the future

But despite the sober black message from the climate panel, there is still a brightening - we can influence how the future will be. If emissions are low, the sea will rise only half as much. Arkis becomes ice-free in the summer only once every hundred years instead of every three. So big is the difference between braking or gas. The Climate Panel's report today is not a fact of what the future will be, we decide for ourselves.