Space Pollution, North Atlantic Anomaly (NAA), Rocket Launches, Re-Entries Melting Polar Ice Caps

This is the first study to propose the North Atlantic Anomaly (NAA) as ozone loss would parallel re-entry events of metal satellites, rocket launches, and radiation belts. After 75-ton Skylab EDL fell to Earth in 1979, McConnell et al. recorded 40X increase in metals such as Al, Pb in Antarctica with others finding Pb of 1000X+ and Cd of 10X+ in 1980s. After largest re-entry events (129 ton Mir deorbit in 2001) and 75-125 launch events/year from launch vehicles from 1970s to 90s, launches, failures, and EDL timeframes parallel SAA Anomaly & largest ozone holes (26M sq km), or tornados in-orbit the size of North America. This study analyzes data on North Atlantic Anomaly (NAA) discussing how rocket exhaust plumes & spacecraft metals, oxides from stripped of electrons could be a primary factor contributing to ozone depletion, metal oxides & increased heat flux over Poles. NAA, discovered by Kole Lutz in 2024, is a 3D Vortex and Radiation Belt co-located at ~200-700 km with trapped ionized particles and metals that could contribute