Wind would still exist on Earth if the planet had no water.
Is it true that wind would still exist on Earth if the planet had no water?
Wind is driven fundamentally by differential solar heating of the atmosphere and the Earth's rotation, neither of which requires liquid water to function; thus, this is a matter of basic physical principles that needs no citation.
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The claim that wind would still exist on Earth without water is a straightforward deduction from atmospheric physics (solar heating and the Coriolis effect drive wind, not oceans). It does not require empirical citations to establish as a general scientific principle, so it is evaluated as common knowledge.
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The claim that wind would still exist on Earth without water is a straightforward deduction from atmospheric physics (solar heating and the Coriolis effect drive wind, not oceans). It does not require empirical citations to establish as a general scientific principle, so it is evaluated as common knowledge.
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