• eskimofry@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    There was a recent lemmy post and discussion where “burn up” wasn’t making stuff magically disappear out of our atmosphere.

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      1 year ago

      Right. It’s more like the molecules come apart from one another but still exist. Kinda like when bread turns into toast in the toaster: matter transforming as energy flows though it.