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BurgerBaron@quokk.au ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

Well not to worry, all these internet swarm satellites might cause another one.

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PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
how so?

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- BurgerBaron@quokk.au ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    Fucks saaaake.
    
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  - unknown@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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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    BurgerBaron@quokk.au ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    
    Fucks saaaake.
    
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