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Water is a much better conductor of heat than sand, which leads to more energy from solar radiation being distributed throughout large depths of water in the ocean. Energy is further distributed throughout the ocean by the constant mixing and movement of liquid water. This distribution of heat energy leads to little energy being transferred back to the surface atmosphere. Sand is a poor conductor of heat, so heat does not distribute throughout sand particles beneath the surface and sand does not mix in the way water in the ocean does. Sand more quickly absorbs solar radiation and then transfers this heat to the surface atmosphere, which causes the surface atmosphere to have larger temperature variances. Water has properties, high relative specific heat and high relative thermal conductivity, that allow it to absorb much more solar radiation than sand. 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