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Is water the only substance that causes weathering?

April 26, 2017causes substance water weathering

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Is water the only substance that causes weathering?

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Light, particularly the ultra-violet (UV), can weather stuff. So can temperature changes (cycling back and forth from hot to cold), wind weathering (changes in mechanical pressure) and abrasion from the particulate matter wind carries. Chemicals in the air can also weather materials.