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Re:Microsoft's underwater data centre resurfaces after two y... by bananabreakfast on Monday September 14, 2020 @02:52PM (#24473695)
That's not really how it works. The land and ocean radiate their energy directly into space.

This works through emitting mostly infrared frequency light for which, just like visible light, the atmosphere is mostly transparent.

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Re:Microsoft's underwater data centre resurfaces after two y... by falcolas on Monday September 14, 2020 @03:38PM (#24474214)
However, water can also transfer heat to the atmosphere via conduction, evaporation, etc. I don't know the comparative rates, but there is certainly a lot of evaporation.
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