where does wind actually come from?
- Written by: Steven Sherwood, Professor of Atmospheric Sciences, Climate Change Research Centre, UNSW Sydney
Saad Chaudhry/UnsplashWhere does wind come from? – Zoya, age 14, Bhopal, India
The short answer is wind happens because the Sun heats some parts of the planet more than others, and this uneven heating starts a wind going. That means wind energy is really a kind of solar energy!
All winds are made the same way
Wind systems on Earth vary from the...