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What happens at night that cools the Earth?
Why doesn't it also happen during the day?


Longwave radiation = weak radiation = not just IR


Google...

The Earth cools at night through a process called radiational cooling, which occurs when the Earth's surface emits more radiation than it receives from the atmosphere. This process is more pronounced on clear nights with light winds.

Here are some details about how the Earth cools at night:
  • Radiation
    The Earth's surface emits longwave radiation, which escapes into space.

 
Longwave radiation = weak radiation = not just IR


Google...

The Earth cools at night through a process called radiational cooling, which occurs when the Earth's surface emits more radiation than it receives from the atmosphere. This process is more pronounced on clear nights with light winds.

Here are some details about how the Earth cools at night:
  • Radiation
    The Earth's surface emits longwave radiation, which escapes into space.

Longwave radiation = weak radiation = not just IR

What else besides IR?

The Earth cools at night through a process called radiational cooling,

The Earth radiates day and night.
 
Longwave radiation = weak radiation = not just IR

What else besides IR?

The Earth cools at night through a process called radiational cooling,

The Earth radiates day and night.




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That chart even has "longwave" outside of IR, but that is wrong, since our IR satellites use IR to detect temperature.
 
Danger! Danger! SAP rising due to ice melting. Danger! Danger!



When Mars experiences rising SAP, that is because it is warming and CO2 ice is melting.

When Earth experiences rising SAP, that is because it is warming and H2O ice is melting. THAT IS NOT HAPPENING NOW, but it did during Jurassic...
 

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