Nizkorodov interviewed on satellite debris study

AirUCI Co-Director Sergey Nizkorodov has been interviewed in a Chemistry World article on nanoparticles shed into the atmosphere by man-made objects like space debris.  The first-of-its-kind study shows that as satellites and other metallic objects fall to earth, significant amounts of metals are released as they burn up during re-entry and condense into nanoparticles, some of which could potentially affect the ways in which aerosols form clouds.  "Aluminum is a pretty benign metal but there is also copper they mention and other transition metals that could potentially have interesting chemistry related to the ozone layer or formation of clouds … I think it should be investigated, for sure," said Sergey. Read the article