{"id":2604,"date":"2025-02-14T14:20:55","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T13:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esa-schoolatlas.eu\/esa-schoolatlas\/?page_id=2604"},"modified":"2025-03-19T10:39:47","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T09:39:47","slug":"polar-ice","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/esa-schoolatlas.eu\/esa-schoolatlas\/cryosphere\/polar-ice\/","title":{"rendered":"Polar Ice"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Theme: Polar Ice<\/h2>\n<p>&#xA0;<\/p>\n<p>&#xA0;<\/p>\n<h3>Select your Case Study:<\/h3>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #777777;\">\n<th colspan=\"2\" style=\"border:0; padding-left:10px;\"><strong>The frozen polar caps of Earth<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/esa-schoolatlas.eu\/esa-schoolatlas\/cryosphere\/greenland\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zoom-effect alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/esa-schoolatlas.eu\/esa-schoolatlas\/wp-content\/gismaps_maps\/Images\/cry02_1_greenland_icon.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esa-schoolatlas.eu\/esa-schoolatlas\/wp-content\/gismaps_maps\/Images\/cry02_1_greenland_icon.jpg 100w, https:\/\/esa-schoolatlas.eu\/esa-schoolatlas\/wp-content\/gismaps_maps\/Images\/cry02_1_greenland_icon-80x80.jpg 80w\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"\/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/esa-schoolatlas.eu\/esa-schoolatlas\/cryosphere\/greenland\/\">Jakobshavn Isbrae<\/a>r, Greenland (Denmark)<br>\nThe shrinking of the Greenland ice sheet, the second largest ice body on Earth, contributes to the global sea level rise.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/esa-schoolatlas.eu\/esa-schoolatlas\/cryosphere\/arctic-sea-ice\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zoom-effect alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/esa-schoolatlas.eu\/esa-schoolatlas\/wp-content\/gismaps_maps\/Images\/cry01_1_arctic-ice_icon.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esa-schoolatlas.eu\/esa-schoolatlas\/wp-content\/gismaps_maps\/Images\/cry01_1_arctic-ice_icon.jpg 100w, https:\/\/esa-schoolatlas.eu\/esa-schoolatlas\/wp-content\/gismaps_maps\/Images\/cry01_1_arctic-ice_icon.jpg 80w\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"\/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/esa-schoolatlas.eu\/esa-schoolatlas\/cryosphere\/arctic-sea-ice\/\">Arctic Sea Ice<\/a><br>\nWhile the sea ice coverage around the North Pole undergoes large seasonal changes, it is shrinking due to <a class=\"glossaryLink\" title=\"Glossary: climate change\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;climate change&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;Long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns due to natural or man-made effects.&lt;\/div&gt;\" href=\"https:\/\/esa-schoolatlas.eu\/esa-schoolatlas\/glossary\/climate-change\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">climate change<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/esa-schoolatlas.eu\/esa-schoolatlas\/cryosphere\/iceberg-a23a\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zoom-effect alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/esa-schoolatlas.eu\/esa-schoolatlas\/wp-content\/gismaps_maps\/Images\/cry04_1_iceberg-a23a_icon.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esa-schoolatlas.eu\/esa-schoolatlas\/wp-content\/gismaps_maps\/Images\/cry04_1_iceberg-a23a_icon.jpg 100w, https:\/\/esa-schoolatlas.eu\/esa-schoolatlas\/wp-content\/gismaps_maps\/Images\/cry04_1_iceberg-a23a_icon-80x80.jpg 80w\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"\/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/esa-schoolatlas.eu\/esa-schoolatlas\/cryosphere\/iceberg-a23a\/\">Iceberg A23a<\/a>, Antarctic Ocean<br>\nLarge icebergs calving from the ice shelves around the Antarctic ice sheet are an important factor in the proceeding ice loss.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/esa-schoolatlas.eu\/esa-schoolatlas\/cryosphere\/antarctica\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"zoom-effect alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/esa-schoolatlas.eu\/esa-schoolatlas\/wp-content\/gismaps_maps\/Images\/cry03_1_antarctica_icon.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esa-schoolatlas.eu\/esa-schoolatlas\/wp-content\/gismaps_maps\/Images\/cry03_1_antarctica_icon.jpg 100w, https:\/\/esa-schoolatlas.eu\/esa-schoolatlas\/wp-content\/gismaps_maps\/Images\/cry03_1_antarctica_icon.jpg 80w\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"\/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/esa-schoolatlas.eu\/esa-schoolatlas\/cryosphere\/antarctica\/\">Ice of Antarctica<\/a><br>\nThe antarctic ice bodies are the largest on Earth.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Theme: Polar Ice &#xA0; &#xA0; Select your Case Study: The frozen polar caps of Earth Jakobshavn Isbraer, Greenland (Denmark) The shrinking of the Greenland ice sheet, the second largest ice body on Earth, contributes to the global sea level rise. 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