joint research group , group members benefit from affiliation with both the LMU Munich and the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) . The motivating questions of our work packages

Ocean-Ice Shelf Interaction Figure 1: Map of Antarctica (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The accelerating rate of mass loss of the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets, responsible for global sea level [...] Ocean abyss (Fig. 2). Antarctic Ice Sheet tomorrow Results of numerical models, developed at the Alfred Wegener Institute to study the sea ice-ocean-ice shelf system under climate change, show that atmospheric [...] Weddell Seae Darstellung der hydrographischen Bedingungen im südlichen Weddellmeer. (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Figure 3: Bottom topography beneath the Antarctic Ice Sheet according to Bedmap2. (Graphic:

Advanced Grant from the European Research Council. Professor Dr. Peter Dueben Peter Dueben (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Peter Dueben is head of the Earth System Modeling Department at ECMWF, where he works

models to predict future developments. Our working area offshore Northeast Greenland (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) Contact Dr. Boris Dorschel Dr. Catalina Gebhardt Cooperation partners UI Tromsø, Norway

shows length of observations maintained by six different research institutes. Modified Di (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The Arctic boundary has been observed over many years to better understand and monitor [...] series. The transport estimate during 2004-2010 will be quantified under ARCGATE project. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The ARCGATE also aims to address important questions to design future sustained pan-Arctic [...] for the US side of Bering Strait; the Norwegian Polar Institute (NPI) in Tromsø, Norway and the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) in Bremerhaven, Germany for western and eastern Fram Strait, respectively; the

environments in the future. Prof. Dr. Ulrike Herzschuh (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Dr. Kathleen Stoof-Leichsenring (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Temporary Head Dr. Kathleen Stoof-Leichsenring (Prof

Vegetation Change [Translate to English:] Drone-based acquisitions for forest structure (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Climate in the high latitudes is strongly changing, influencing vegetation growth and

of the global circulation from Rick Lumpkin and Kevin Speer, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 2007. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The Southern Ocean forms a continuous ring of water around Antarctica, which connects

And how does altered biodiversity actually affect interactions between plants? Experts from the Alfred Wegener Institute have tackled these questions and, in two recent studies, presented the answers they

research group , all group members benefit from affiliation with both the LMU Munich and the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) . Our individual projects are detailed below.