URGENT --urgent-- URGENT

Courtesy spaceweather.com

 Hello greetings and welcome.

In some back articles (can find in search bar top left) I have mentioned and stressed Satellite degradation and the chemicals that are in the mix and the pollution results.

I hereby print the spaceweather.com article and the more detailed account for those interested in the science which are in the report as separate entries.  

 Right: A current map of Starlink satellites orbiting Earth. [more]

Even before the current surge, scientists were sounding the alarm. In February 2023, NASA flew a WB-57 aircraft over Alaska at 60,000 feet to collect stratospheric aerosols. A study published later that year found 10% of sampled particles contained aluminum and other metals from the "burn-up" of satellites.

With multiple companies racing to deploy megaconstellations, projections suggest more than 60,000 satellites could be in orbit by 2040. That means reentry debris could soon rival the natural influx of meteoroids, but with very different chemistry. Meteors are mostly rock. Satellites are mostly metal.

A simulation by NOAA scientists suggests that aluminum-rich space dust could heat the stratosphere and mesosphere by up to 1.5°C, and slow the southern polar vortex, potentially altering global weather patterns. (spelling is USA)(in August 5th. edition which the text is from there is more to read)

What happens next? We’re about to find out. spaceweather.com

Should you read the the studies mentioned which are more detailed with graphs and simulations. You will get the full impact of the situation.

Geoff  aka   Shack