Danielle Barrs

Duke MEM Environmental Economics | Lifelong biohacker | Inhabitant of planet Earth

[Climate Dad @ClimateDad77]

Like the closing scenes of a horror movie that stays with you for days & days.

[Shining Science @ShiningScience]

Over 200,000 barrels of radioactive waste were dumped into the Atlantic ocean.

And many are leaking.

Between the 1950s and 1990s, more than 200,000 steel barrels were plunged into the pitch-black ocean depths under the assumption that they would remain safely contained.

The Nuclear Ocean Dump Site Survey Monitoring (NODSSUM) project, led by the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), is deploying cutting-edge robotic explorers like the autonomous vehicle UlyX and the manned submersible Nautile to locate and assess these forgotten dumping grounds.

The expedition's findings are raising urgent environmental questions.

Operating more than 15,000 feet below the surface, researchers have documented advanced corrosion and physical ruptures in several containers, confirming that the barrels are deteriorating far faster than their designed lifespans. While preliminary radiation levels around the leaking waste remain low enough for safe sample handling, scientists have detected localized radionuclides at higher-than-expected levels.

These discoveries have sparked deep concerns about how this long-hidden radioactive legacy could infiltrate deep-sea food chains and impact fragile marine ecosystems.

source: TOI Science Desk. (2026). Deep-sea radioactive waste mystery: Scientists begin hunt for 200,000 nuclear barrels dumped in the Atlantic Ocean. The Times of India.

[Climate Dad @ClimateDad77]

Horrific scenes in Stourbridge.

As your home burns, remember the UK government met with fossil fuel lobbyists over 500 times during their first year in power

While we bin our BBQs, they’re being wined & dined by the arsonists.

Be furious.

[Danielle Barrs @daniellebarrs]

Important public service announcement.

[Danielle Barrs @daniellebarrs]

https://t.co/WncOaFP8t9

[Danielle Barrs @daniellebarrs]

Bye bye Arctic climate report that tracks atmospheric, oceanic, and environmental changes to one of the most crucial regions on earth so we actually know what’s going on

[Danielle Barrs @daniellebarrs]

Maybe buy fewer yachts and rockets…?

[Danielle Barrs @daniellebarrs]

In other news, Tim Sweeney, the CEO of Fortnite, has quietly been putting the same amount of money as the DiCaprio/Bezos project into protecting 50,000 acres of forest in the US since 2008. Without needing a press release or pat on the back.

[Danielle Barrs @daniellebarrs]

https://t.co/5sdWZYPPEb

[Danielle Barrs @daniellebarrs]

Been seeing mixed reviews on this. On one hand, it’s the least they could do…on the other hand, is this just a red herring - ie. drawing attention to environmental philanthropy while deflecting scrutiny from the actual damage from broader operations

[Danielle Barrs @daniellebarrs]

The Greenhouse Gas Protocol and ISO are combining carbon accounting into a single, co-branded global standard.

The merger unites the GHGP's Scope 1, 2, and 3 frameworks with ISO's 14064-1 standard to reduce reporting confusion and create a unified system for climate disclosures.

[Danielle Barrs @daniellebarrs]

Leadership is a responsibility to be in service to others rather than served by others. Not the other way around.

[Tangwa Abilu.🌿🌏🌾🍀🍃.SDG's. @AbiluTangwa]

STOP calling it "development" when you destroy a 500-year-old forest.
That's destruction. That's deforestation.
Real development protects the Amazon & Congo Basin for climate survival. #Deforestation

[CBS News @CBSNews]

A 37-year-old man was arrested Monday for allegedly starting the largest of the three devastating Spokane, Washington-area wildfires that are leaving some residents with nothing.

Aaron Farinacci, a Spokane resident who has a prior manslaughter conviction, was booked on suspicion of first degree arson in connection with the Old Trails Fire and was being held on $1 million bond, the Spokane County Sheriff's Office said.

CBS News' @krisvancleave has more.

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

The fire that leveled much of Altadena, California, last year and killed 19 people, was ignited by a spark from an idle transmission tower belonging to Southern California Edison, according to a new report.
https://t.co/J65D7gQjT5

[WRI Climate @WRIClimate]

California’s Clean Air Act waivers help cut harmful air pollution and support cleaner port operations. Efforts to overturn them put public health, regulatory certainty, and billions in clean transportation investments at risk.

Read our statement: https://t.co/OFEv0sP5kA

[Danielle Barrs @daniellebarrs]

Happy belated signing anniversary to the Department of @ENERGY

On Aug 4, 1977, President Carter signed the DOE into law. 49 years later, DOE’s national labs are behind some of America’s biggest scientific breakthroughs, plus 100+ Nobel Prize laureates.

[Climate Dad @ClimateDad77]

This video from @volcaholic1 hits like a sledgehammer.

A month of devastation.

The scale of loss in just these few clips is overwhelming - & it’s just the beginning.

[Scientific American @sciam]

The billionaire-backed fund is dedicating $200 million to preserve animals and even a plant that are facing extinction around the world
https://t.co/3lOfvEUfdL

[New Scientist @newscientist]

The super El Niño now developing in the tropical Pacific has a 90 per cent chance of becoming the strongest in 150 years, breaking global temperature records and unleashing extreme weather https://t.co/T1fW1JUp5u