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They also research and monitor ocean health, climate change, fisheries and atmospheric phenomena.

While great in theory, the issue is that optimal design is difficult to predict, especially given Earth’s changing atmospheric composition.

"There's a lack of policy regarding the environmental impacts of these megaconstellations," Dr. Connor Barker, a research fellow in atmospheric chemistry and physical geography at University College London, told Salon in a video interview.

Scientists at Imperial College London told the BBC plant workers continually exposed to the atmospheric pollutants produced by pyrolysis, were at risk of respiratory, cardiovascular and neurological diseases and certain types of cancer.

The series of atmospheric rivers that hit the region this week delivered a considerable dose of moisture, which is still struggling to catch up following a drier-than-normal start to winter.