Earth’s average temperature is a balance between heat radiated in from the sun, out from Earth, and generated internally.
Almost one-third of the sun’s radiation reaching Earth is reflected. Excluding internal heat generation and greenhouse gases, Earth’s distance from the sun and that reflection, would give it an expected average global temperature of about – 17˚C.
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