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[–] 12 points 5 months ago (3 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.

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