As the earth is constantly heated by the sun and we have the law of conservation of energy. Why is the Earth not constantly warming up?

Question

So we have long-term Ice-Ages, but also relatively short term ([https://www.currentresults.com/Environment-Facts/changes-in-earth-temperature.php](https://www.currentresults.com/Environment-Facts/changes-in-earth-temperature.php)).

When the temperature is going down (on average), where does the energy go?

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PS. I am fully convinced we have climate change, we are the problem, etc. I only care about the ‘scientific’ answer.

In: Earth Science

Answer 1

The planets emit heat energy out into space. The vacuum of space prevents conduction or convection, how we normally cool ourselves on earth.

Heat loss is through the portion of the electro-magnetic spectrum we call heat/infrared.