Measurement of a lithium plume from the uncontrolled #reentry of a Falcon 9: https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-025-03154-8 -> SpaceX rocket fireball linked to plume of polluting lithium: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpd8z4eqlxno

Measurement of a lithium plume from the uncontrolled re-entry of a Falcon 9 rocket - Communications Earth & Environment
A plume of pollutants in the upper atmosphere above Germany is identified using lidar observations of lithium concentrations and can be traced back to the uncontrolled re-entry of a specific rocket launch through atmospheric modelling