Comment on Aerosol

• PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  how so?

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  • BurgerBaron@quokk.au ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    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.

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    • yeah@feddit.uk ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Fucks saaaake.

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    • unknown@piefed.social ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      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

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