Megaconstellations like Starlink will increase atmospheric aluminum oxide amounts to 646% over natural levels ( +360 metric tons / year ).
It will take up to 30 years for the aluminum oxides to drift down to stratospheric altitudes, where 90% of Earth's ozone is located.
Once there aluminum oxide will act as a catalyst with chlorine harming the ozone layer.
https://phys.org/news/2024-06-satellite-megaconstellations-jeopardize-recovery-ozone.html
Satellite 'megaconstellations' may jeopardize recovery of ozone hole
When old satellites fall into Earth's atmosphere and burn up, they leave behind tiny particles of aluminum oxide, which eat away at Earth's protective ozone layer.Science X (Phys.org)
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s/:#Elmo knows why setting on #Mars and beyond might be the only option for mankind:
Not only do his #SpaceX rockets contribute to #GlobalWarming and are the spaceship launches detrimental to the ozone layer.
No, as if this weren't enough, plethora of #Starlink** satellites will destroy a big part of what will be left of it, one they fall back onto Earth, 30y tops:
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... Show more...#ClimateCatastrophe #OzoneLayer #Starlink
s/:#Elmo knows why setting on #Mars and beyond might be the only option for mankind:
Not only do his #SpaceX rockets contribute to #GlobalWarming and are the spaceship launches detrimental to the ozone layer.
No, as if this weren't enough, plethora of #Starlink** satellites will destroy a big part of what will be left of it, one they fall back onto Earth, 30y tops:
https://mastodon.social/@nemeciii/112607215527917134
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2024-06-13 03:35:48