What’s preventing temperature across the globe to reach an equilibrium since air flows freely?

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If I open the windows in my room, which has AC turned on and it’s cool in the summer, it will quickly become as hot as it is outside, why isn’t it happening around the globe?

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Because the energy the earth recieves changes all the time. If the sun is hitting about half of the earth all the time, it’s actively warming that part up while the other half is cooling down, throw in wind, geothermal energy, tidal winds, different altitudes. You get quite a volatile heat distribution that can change rapidly

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