> If nothing decomposed, the earth would pile up kilometers-deep with the bodies of animals and plants. But the opposite is also not true. We do have pretty de

> If nothing decomposed, the earth would pile up kilometers-deep with the bodies of animals and plants. But the opposite is also not true. We do have pretty deep layers of mostly-decomposed animals and plants. Along this line, what happens to all the radiation/energy the planet absorbs from the sun (is it radiated away, or is it somehow building up as matter)?