From Popular MechanicsJune 28, 2022 Excerpt: Black carbon in the atmosphere is like dressing Earth in a black shirt on a sunny day. It attracts and holds heat, leading to overall warming of the atmosphere. Airplanes also emit carbon pollution in this way, but there are a few key differences. First, airplanes emit respectively less carbonContinue reading “Popular Mechanics: Increased Spaceflight Will Warm Earth’s Stratosphere 4 Degrees”
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Study: Climate and Ozone Impacts of Black Carbon Emissions From Global Rocket Launches
Published in Journal of Geophysical Research: AtmospheresJune 1, 2022 The Climate and Ozone Impacts of Black Carbon Emissions From Global Rocket Launches Christopher M Maloney, Robert W Portmann, Martin N Ross, Karen H Rosenlof First published: 01 June 2022 https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JD036373 Aerosol emissions from spaceflight activities play a small but increasing role in the background stratospheric aerosol population. RocketsContinue reading “Study: Climate and Ozone Impacts of Black Carbon Emissions From Global Rocket Launches”
“Multiple tragedies of the commons” — satellite mega-constellations and the limits of Earth’s atmosphere
…there is little recognition that Earth’s orbit is a finite resource, the space and Earth environments are connected, and the actions of one actor can affect everyone. Until that changes, we risk multiple tragedies of the commons in space. From Scientific ReportsPublished 20 May 2021 Boley, A.C., Byers, M. Satellite mega-constellations create risks in LowContinue reading ““Multiple tragedies of the commons” — satellite mega-constellations and the limits of Earth’s atmosphere”
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