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Why doesn't earth get hot enough to boil oceans and melt rocks from the radiant energy it absorbs from the sun?
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Why doesn't earth get hot enough to boil oceans and melt rocks from the radiant energy it absorbs from the sun?

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This is because, the earth gradually absorbs the sun's radiation during the day, and gradually loses the heat absorbed at night to the atmosphere.
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