When a satellite disintegrates in the upper atmosphere, it does not just disappear. Rather, it deposits a record of aluminum ...

Starlink already accounts for 40% of all the satellites ever launched, and each one releases harmful aluminum oxides when ...

Debris from rockets and satellites can fall back to Earth or collide with other objects, and wreckage that burns up can harm ...

The ozone layer’s status today. In a report released in early 2023, scientists keeping track of the ozone layer noted that Earth's atmosphere is recovering.The ozone layer will be restored to ...

Re-entry risks The rapid roll-out of satellite mega-constellations such as Starlink (photographed here over Carson National Forest, New Mexico) could pose a threat to Earth’s protective ozone layer.

Earth’s protective ozone layer is slowly but noticeably healing at a pace that would restore the layer across much of the world by the 2040s, and would fully mend the hole over Antarctica in ...

The ozone layer is a part of Earth’s atmosphere that captures some of the Sun’s ultraviolet (UV) light emissions. When the ozone layer is compromised, its ability to absorb radiation weakens, ...

The ozone layer is HEALING! Hole over Antarctica is smaller and has started later than expected this year, promising study reveals. The ozone hole is 18.48 million square kilometres smaller than ...

Satellites’ impact on the ozone layer begins before they’re even in orbit, driven by the rocket trip to get them there. Kerosene used to power many launches burns more inefficiently the higher ...

But will scientists admit that they didn’t save the ozone layer? Background. Ozone is a gas made up of three oxygen atoms (O 3). Ninety percent of the ozone in the atmosphere is found in the ...

The ozone layer is one of the most important parts of our planet’s atmosphere. As a result, keeping the ozone intact and with as few holes as possible has been a goal of the science community ...