The thermosphere usually drags space junk to its doom. As it thins, ruined orbits are a possibility Earth’s atmosphere is shrinking due to climate change and one of the possible negative impacts is that space junk will stay in orbit for longer,

We knew the Earth's atmosphere was shrinking due to climate change. Now, we have determined how many satellites will fit into low Earth orbit in 2100.

Climate change is altering conditions in near-Earth space, which could limit the number of satellites that can reliably operate.