COMFORT
OUR COMMON FUTURE OCEAN IN THE EARTH SYSTEM
COMFORT focused on knowledge gaps for key ocean tipping elements within the Earth system under anthropogenic physical and chemical climate forcing through a coherent interdisciplinary research approach. It aimed to provide added value to decision and policy makers in terms of science based safe marine operating spaces, refined climate mitigation targets, and feasible long-term mitigation pathways. The project focuses on the triple threat of (1) warming, (2) deoxygenation, and (3) ocean acidification, and how to optimally deal with this threat. Links to other Earth system reservoirs will be included in the assessment where relevant.
Halloran contributed to the detection of tipping points, leading the PhD study undertaken by Beatriz Arello Nava.