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#Satellite #space junk might wreak havoc on the #stratosphere


Source: sciencenews.org/article/satell…

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Hundreds of defunct #satellites plunge through Earth’s #atmosphere yearly, and the count is rising.

The dying satellites, it turns out, don’t just wink out into the ether. Each one leaves a bit of itself behind.

The satellites’ fiery death throes, along with a steep rise in the number of rocket launches, are adding a glut of ozone-destroying and climate-altering pollutants to the #stratosphere.

For instance, aluminum oxides are catalysts for #ozone depletion.

#space
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