Space debris could weaken Earth's magnetic field
arxiv.org
arxiv.org
> Here it will be shown that the mass of the conductive particles left behind from worldwide distribution of re-entry satellites is already billions of times greater than the mass of the Van Allen Belts.
made me say "really?" so i went and found this: https://spacemath.gsfc.nasa.gov/earth/RBSP7.pdf
That estimates the mass of the Van Allen belts at 11 grams
Which makes me wonder about the disparity in energy levels between the classes of particles and if its a case of talking about icebergs vs superheated steam.