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minus-squareBurgerBaron@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·8 days agoWell not to worry, all these internet swarm satellites might cause another one.
minus-squareBurgerBaron@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·8 days agoVideo overview: https://youtu.be/oKK0dgDIxKY There’s many studies, so here’s two: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2024GL109280 https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2025EF007229 Article: https://www.sciencefocus.com/space/how-elon-musks-dying-satellites-could-hurt-the-ozone-layer tl;dr: the massively increased rate of rocket launches and re-entry satellite burn-ups is creating a significant amount of pollution that is probably damaging the Ozone layer.
minus-squareᓚᘏᗢ@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 days agoThe aluminium nanoparticles these satelites shed when they burn up in re-entry during their disposal, are also toxic. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17435390.2025.2511694
Well not to worry, all these internet swarm satellites might cause another one.
how so?
Video overview: https://youtu.be/oKK0dgDIxKY
There’s many studies, so here’s two:
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2024GL109280
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2025EF007229
Article: https://www.sciencefocus.com/space/how-elon-musks-dying-satellites-could-hurt-the-ozone-layer
tl;dr: the massively increased rate of rocket launches and re-entry satellite burn-ups is creating a significant amount of pollution that is probably damaging the Ozone layer.
Fucks saaaake.
The aluminium nanoparticles these satelites shed when they burn up in re-entry during their disposal, are also toxic.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17435390.2025.2511694