Does the Earth accumulate the energy it receives from the Sun, or does it reflect all of it back into space?

Question

I understand that the sun gives energy primarily in the form of sunlight, which contains various wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation. If the earth absorbs some of the energy, does the earth’s “total energy” accumulate?

In: Planetary Science

Answer 1

yes, it’s called converting that energy into other things, like organic life. where do you think you get the energy output from wood burning comes from? organic life are for all intents and purposes are batteries. the energy humans get are ultimately from the sun.