How Earth sheds heat into space
Tuesday, September 25, 2018 - 09:00
in Physics & Chemistry
Just as an oven gives off more heat to the surrounding kitchen as its internal temperature rises, the Earth sheds more heat into space as its surface warms up. Since the 1950s, scientists have observed a surprisingly straightforward, linear relationship between the Earth’s surface temperature and its outgoing heat. But the Earth is an incredibly […]