Plume on Tenu Tech Brief https://cluster-site.onrender.com/tags/plume/ Recent content in Plume on Tenu Tech Brief Hugo -- 0.146.0 en-us Tue, 24 Feb 2026 06:04:53 +0000 SpaceX rocket left behind a plume of chemical pollution as it burnt up in the atmosphere https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/spacex-rocket-left-behind-a-plume-of-chemical-pollution-as-it-burnt-up-in-the-atmosphere/ Fri, 20 Feb 2026 20:50:02 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/spacex-rocket-left-behind-a-plume-of-chemical-pollution-as-it-burnt-up-in-the-atmosphere/ • 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. Mantle plume vs. plate tectonics: Basalt cores reshape the North Atlantic breakup debate https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/mantle-plume-vs.-plate-tectonics-basalt-cores-reshape-the-north-atlantic-breakup-debate/ Wed, 18 Feb 2026 19:23:26 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/mantle-plume-vs.-plate-tectonics-basalt-cores-reshape-the-north-atlantic-breakup-debate/ • About 56 million years ago, Europe and North America began pulling apart to form what became the ever-expanding North Atlantic Ocean. • Vast amounts of molten rock from Earth’s m