The subject of this review is the atmospheric chemistry of the metals which ablate from
meteoroids in the Earth, s upper atmosphere. The major meteoric species are Fe, Mg, Si …

This article begins with a review of important advances in the chemistry and related physics
of the mesosphere and lower thermosphere (MLT) region of the atmosphere that have …

There are four known sources of dust in the inner solar system: Jupiter Family comets,
asteroids, Halley Type comets, and Oort Cloud comets. Here we combine the mass, velocity …

The annual flux of extraterrestrial material on Earth is largely dominated by sub-millimetre
particles. The mass distribution and absolute value of this cosmic dust flux at the Earth's …

The ablation of cosmic dust injects a range of metals into planetary upper atmospheres. In
addition, dust particles which survive atmospheric entry can be an important source of …

The cultural, legal, budgetary, infrastructural, and logistical processes through which the
contemporary space race unfolds have measurable environmental footprints on Earth and in …

Extrasolar satellites are generally too small to be detected by nominal searches. By analogy
to the most active body in the solar system, Io, we describe how sodium (Na i) and …

The interaction processes between atmospheric aerosols and the downwelling and
upwelling radiation fluxes of solar and terrestrial radiation at the surface play a major role in …

Recent advances in interplanetary dust modelling provide much improved estimates of the
fluxes of cosmic dust particles into planetary (and lunar) atmospheres throughout the solar …

The size and velocity distribution of cosmic dust particles entering the Earth's atmosphere is
uncertain. Here we show that the relative concentrations of metal atoms in the upper …