Hacker News with Generative AI: Atmospheric Science

Within 15 years, plummeting satellites could alter winds, temps in stratosphere (admin-cires.colorado.edu)
Within 15 years, plummeting satellites could release enough aluminum to alter winds, temps in the stratosphere (news)
Space Debris, Climate Change, Atmospheric Science, Satellite Technology, Environmental Impact
6 points by layer8 33 days ago | 3 comments
Overlooked Weather Phenomenon Produces Gamma Rays in Our Atmosphere (sciencealert.com)
The electrical effects of a thunderstorm are not confined just to high up in the atmosphere. Close to the ground, Earth's atmosphere hums with intense electric fields that accelerate particles, flinging electrons in ways that force atoms to glow with gamma rays.
Weather, Physics, Atmospheric Science, Gamma Rays
7 points by Brajeshwar 250 days ago | 0 comments
Potential ozone depletion from satellite demise during atmospheric reentry (wiley.com)
Space Exploration, Environmental Science, Satellites, Atmospheric Science
181 points by nobody9999 360 days ago | 116 comments