▲ 973 ▼ Aerosol (thelemmy.club) submitted 3 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/science_memes@mander.xyz 131 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 months ago (4 children) how so? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] BurgerBaron@quokk.au 12 points 3 months ago (3 children) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] yeah@feddit.uk 5 points 3 months ago Fucks saaaake. permalink fedilink source parent [–] unknown@piefed.social 3 points 3 months ago (1 child) 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 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] BurgerBaron@quokk.au 2 points 3 months ago Fucks saaaake. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BurgerBaron@quokk.au 12 points 3 months ago (3 children) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] yeah@feddit.uk 5 points 3 months ago Fucks saaaake. permalink fedilink source parent [–] unknown@piefed.social 3 points 3 months ago (1 child) 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 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] BurgerBaron@quokk.au 2 points 3 months ago Fucks saaaake. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] unknown@piefed.social 3 points 3 months ago (1 child) 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 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] BurgerBaron@quokk.au 2 points 3 months ago Fucks saaaake. permalink fedilink source parent
