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Ticking Time Bomb: Space Junk Is Eating Away at Earth’s Ozone Layer


When internet-providing satellites — now being launched by the thousands — reach the end of their service life, the remnants from their incineration in Earth's atmosphere will initiate chemical reactions that deplete stratospheric ozone. When outdated satellites re-enter Earth's atmosphere and di

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