A plume of upper-atmospheric lithium pollution observed in February 2025 has been attributed to the reentry of a specific rocket stage. The results, published in Communications Earth & Environment, ...

Space junk returning to Earth is introducing metal pollution to the pristine upper atmosphere as it burns up on re-entry, a new study has found. Published today in the journal Communications Earth & ...

A plume of upper-atmospheric lithium pollution observed in February 2025 has been attributed to the re-entry of a specific rocket stage. The results, published in Communications Earth & Environment, ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." It’s only been seven decades since humanity sent its first satellite in orbit, but scientists are already ...

The country’s only fully operational lithium mine had an air pollution problem, Nevada regulators found. State officials intervened and held a so-called “enforcement conference” on March 25 because ...

The drainage district that commissioned the testing has sent a cease-and-desist letter to the company, which says it is in compliance with all requirements for its state wastewater discharge permit.

There are thousands of satellites in low Earth orbit, and even more will be launched into space in the coming years. All of them will eventually reenter Earth’s atmosphere. Scientists are trying to ...

Litus, a Calgary-based critical minerals and battery metals company pioneering nanotechnology solutions for lithium extraction and lithium recovery, today announced it has entered into a Memorandum of ...

Per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), also known as “forever chemicals,” have gained a lot of attention recently. The chemicals have been found in fruits and vegetables, drinking water, and ...