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Undergrad Earth Mass Increasing? Photons and Photosynthesis making more matter on earth?
This is how I understand it: difference in frequency is the same as difference in energy level. And the difference is thought to have been converted to chemically stored energy (= mass). But argument seems to be based on a "one in/one out" scenario, which - as DaveC426913 writes - is... -
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Undergrad Earth Mass Increasing? Photons and Photosynthesis making more matter on earth?
trying to sum this up: through photosynthesis plants convert some of the incoming photons to chemically bound energy (=> mass gain). plants get eaten by animals, insects, bacteria ect. This converts part of the stored chemical energy to heat which ultimately causes it to be re-radiated (=>...