Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in a new study finds that Climate change will soon be making a mess in orbit around the planet.
Global Warming – Burning of coal, oil and gas reduce the space available for satellites in the Low Earth orbit (LEO).
By the end of the century almost 82% of the space will be reduced because of carbon emissions.
Greenhouse Effect – Along with warming of air near earth’s surface it simultaneously cools the upper parts of the atmosphere.
This makes the upper atmosphere less dense which reduces the drags of the debris present.
Atmospheric Drag – Known as Air resistance, this drag pulls the space junks down to the earth by burning it.
But having reduced drag effect makes less space cleaning making the atmosphere more crowded with satellites and space debris.
Natural cleaner – Atmosphere is the natural cleaner to clean up the debris as there is no other way as there are million pieces of it.
Circling Trash – According to the Aerospace Corporation, circling earth is home to millions of space debris which travels at the speed of a bullet and has the power of a crashing bus.
Satellites Records - According to the tracking website orbit.ing-now.com, there are 11,905 satellites circling Earth, 7,356 in the LEO.
Decreasing Density - The density at 250 miles (400 kilometers) above Earth is decreasing by about 2% a decade and is likely to get intensify because of the Greenhouse Gas Effect, according to British Antarctic Survey.
NASA Records – Shows that there is measurable reduction of drag, realizing climate change component is really important.
