Clouds don't really heat the Earth. Some clouds keep the Earth from losing heat. Heat is moved in different ways. One way is radiation. The Sun warms the Earth with radiated heat. But, the Earth also radiates heat. Clouds absorb some of the heat the Earth radiates and radiate it back to the Earth. If there are no clouds present all of the heat the Earth radiates go out into space and is lost.
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∙ 10y agoClouds do not heat the earth though they can reduce heat radiating to space.
it does not heat the clouds
clouds act like insulators for Earth. they slow down the process of the sun's heat (and uv) rays reaching Earth .
Because the rays of the sun bounces off the clouds and back into space before reaching the surface of the Earth.
when earth absorbs the heat coming from the sunthere is too much moisture in the air3.when the clouds reflect the heat back to the space
Clouds do not heat the earth though they can reduce heat radiating to space.
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it does not heat the clouds
Clouds and the atmosphere.
The clouds play a role similar to the ozone layer. Ultra violet radiation coming from the sun strikes the clouds and the ozone layer and is repelled back into space allowing only "safe" light waves to hit the Earth. The ground absorbs heat, and then releases it. The rising heat reaches the clouds and is reflected back down to the Earth.
During a clear night, as heat absorbed by the earth during the day seeps out, the atmosphere allows the heat to pass through. During a cloudy night, however, the clouds catch and retain the heat in the atmosphere.Clouds trap heat being reflected from the earthThe heat radiation lost from the earth gets reflected by the clouds back to the earth, warming it. Whereas on a clear night it just escapes into space.
For a quick answer, here ya go: Heat radiating from the sun causes the water in the oceans to evaporate. This water vapor accumulates in the atmosphere creating more clouds. The clouds form sort of a blanket that reflects heat away from the earth's surface.
Clouds in our atmosphere has many functions which includes slowing the rate of heat loss. Regarding the question at hand, clouds slow down the rate of heat loss by absorbing heat emitted from the surface and re-radiating it back down to the surface. Cloud's basic role in climatology is to modulate Earth's basic radiation balance and to produce precipitation.
clouds act like insulators for Earth. they slow down the process of the sun's heat (and uv) rays reaching Earth .
Because the rays of the sun bounces off the clouds and back into space before reaching the surface of the Earth.
when earth absorbs the heat coming from the sunthere is too much moisture in the air3.when the clouds reflect the heat back to the space
Its warmer. The heat from the Earth is kept in the atmostphere - they act as a blanket. However its colder when clouds are out in the day as the Suns heat can't get through.