What would happen if solar radiation at earth's surface was temporarily absorbed and none was immediately reflected back to space?

Answer 1

The earth's energy is in balance, meaning there is about as much going out as there is coming in. This keeps the earth's climate roughly in equilibrium. If there were more coming in than release, this would invariably warm the earth's atmosphere.

Answer 2

If none of the solar energy that hits the Earth was reflected, the Earth would begin to heat up.

However, in the real world there are "negative feedback loops"; in this case, the warming Earth would cause more water in the lakes and oceans to be evaporated, and the extra water vapor would become clouds, which would then reflect sunlight back into space.

It's all an enormous balancing act.

Answer 3

if the earth becomes 4oc warmer

• the amazon will become a desert
• Peru will loose its glaciers and become uninhabitable
• southern Europe will all be deserts and rivers will dry up
• alps will be snow free
• people will be able to live in western Antarctica
• Bangladesh will be flooded
• have less animals
• high rise in population
• New Zeland will be unrecognisable
• Greenland will live up to its name
• people move north
• little rainfall
• solar farming will begin everywhere
• south sea islands will disappear
• more cities will develop
• and arctic passage will melt - the only upside

Answer 4

If the suns light was blocked from the Earth all of our plants and animals and even humans would die. Because, without sunlight plants can't produce their food which means animals cannot eat them (neither can humans) and without animals we could not eat beef, steak, chicken etc. And without plants we would be unable to make pasta, bread etc. or eat any vegetables or fruit. And without cows we would not have cakes, milk, yogurt, ice cream etc. Therefore everything on the planet would die.

Answer 5

The days would become dim and cold. Summer would be shorter and less warm, Winter would be
longer and colder. Growing seasons would be shorter, and vegetation less hearty. The polar ice caps
would grow.

Answer 6

It would get too hot. As it is, about 35% of the Sun's energy that strikes the Earth is reflected away, from clouds or ice. If that were absorbed, the Earth really WOULD heat up!

But all the talk of "global warming" is a matter of fractions of one percent. If all the houses in the USA were to paint their roofs white instead of having gray shingles, it would reduce global warming. And if the roads were concrete instead of black asphalt, that would probably reflect too MUCH energy away.

Answer 7

If solar radiation at Earth's surface was temporarily absorbed and none was reflected back to space, the energy imbalance would lead to a rapid heating of the Earth's surface and atmosphere. This could result in a significant increase in temperatures, leading to extreme weather events, melting of polar ice caps, and disruption of ecosystems. It would have drastic consequences for global climate and could potentially trigger a feedback loop of further warming.

Answer 8

it means that the sun has blown up and we will die