Nov. 21, 2023 — Despite public perception, the Antarctic ozone hole has been remarkably massive and long-lived over the past four years; researchers believe chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs ...

Re-entries of SpaceX Starlink satellites are causing environmental concerns by releasing aluminium oxide, which could harm the ozone layer. Scientists are worried about its lasting impact.

Finance and more. Satellites like the ones used for Starlink’s internet service could be depleting the Earth’s ozone layer when they’re deorbited, according to a new study funded by NASA and ...

In the 1970s and 1980s, the ozone layer was devastated by a group of chemicals known as CFCs that were widely ... industry’s contribution to ozone depletion and climate change is relatively ...

State Key Laboratory of Radio Frequency Heterogeneous Integration and Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems, College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, ...

State Key Laboratory of Hydro-Science and Engineering, Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China National Engineering Laboratory for Site Remediation Technologies ...

The aluminium particles settle in the stratosphere, where they might trigger chemical reactions ... as a catalyst for ozone depletion. Similar to past damage from banned CFCs, it may disrupt ...

Scientists warn that aluminium oxide particles could take 20 to 30 years to descend into the ozone layer, making it difficult to assess their full impact in the short term. Despite growing ...

The study suggests that the reduction of ozone depleting substances, called chlorofluorocarbons ... might see a year when there's no ozone hole depletion at all in the Antarctic.