I always experience winds on our planet and I know it’s caused by different pressure areas. What causes wind to keep perpetually going and not evening out in mostly an equilibrium with the only changes being caused by moving things such as cars.
In: Planetary Science
There’s many things causing the wind but the two biggest ones are the Sun and the Earths rotation.
The Sun is constantly heating one side of the planet so you get a constant heating and cooling effect of the ground and the air which causes air to circulate.
You also have the Earth’s rotation which causes the air to be dragged along for the ride. Because the air is fluid it doesn’t stay in one place over the ground.
There’s other things effecting it was well like Ocean temperature, mountain ranges, and the fact Earth is cooler at the poles vs the equator among other things.
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