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[–] BurgerBaron@quokk.au 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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

[–] PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] BurgerBaron@quokk.au 8 points 1 day ago (2 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.

[–] unknown@piefed.social 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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

[–] BurgerBaron@quokk.au 2 points 15 hours ago

Fucks saaaake.

[–] yeah@feddit.uk 4 points 1 day ago

Fucks saaaake.