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Publisher
Hippo Works
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Simon the Hippo and friends go on a song-filled adventure while learning about the world's changing climate, the role that carbon dioxide and methane play, and the good green habits we can all develop to help cool the climate! Along their way the animals find out about topics such as the Greenhouse Effect, the Food Chain, the "Three Rs" (Reducing, Reusing, Recycling), Composting, and Carbon Offsetting.
Publisher
1091 Media
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
During his four-decade career as a photographer and explorer, James Balog has focused his lens on the complex relationship between humans and nature. Human activity has now surpassed all other forces shaping our world. Balog’s work has challenged us to contemplate our place in, and responsibility to, the natural world. Balog investigates how altering the elements is in turn affecting everyday Americans right now. THE HUMAN ELEMENT features subjects...
Publisher
Juno Films
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
A Buena Vista Social Club meets Years of Living Dangerously, renowned Malian singer Inna Modja takes us on a music-driven journey of hope, hardship, and perseverance across Africa’s ambitious Great Green Wall. Part musical odyssey and cultural road-trip, part desertification and climate justice exploration, Inna sets out on a mission to assemble Africa’s most thrilling musicians and record a once-in-a-lifetime album that captures the spirit of...
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
After mastering the four forces that affect wind, step back to view their patterns of flow across the Earth's hemispheres. Examine the two models of air circulation that help account for large-scale air-circulation patterns and variations in temperature from the poles to the equator.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Here, you bring together all you've learned in earlier episodes about the composition of air, the electromagnetic spectrum, the condensation of liquid, and the role of oceans in our climate, and use that information to explore two dazzling phenomena: light and lightning.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Despite all their knowledge and tools, scientists cannot make perfect predictions. Find out why, using the example of Hurricane Rita in 2005, and explore the deep complexity of weather and climate that makes the subject of meteorology one that continues to fascinate.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
One of the most familiar and beautiful features of weather is the cloud. In this episode, examine different kinds of clouds, learn how clouds are born, why and how they take their distinctive shapes, and what kinds of conditions are likely to produce clouds.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
That familiar crash of thunder and the torrential rains that often accompany it are common weather during the warm season. Learn how these noisy storms can form near cold fronts associated with extratropical cyclones and see how scientists use radar to study these storms.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
In this episode, you encounter some of the most dramatic air-flow patterns found in nature: the swift, turning winds of the cyclone. Trace the lifecycle of the extratropical cyclone, which draws its power from the huge energy generated when different air masses meet.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
With their massive volume and constantly moving currents, oceans provide a vast reservoir of energy. Explore how the winds help generate movement in the ocean and, in turn, how the oceans affect weather all over the world, creating a huge feedback loop that helps create our climate.
17) Meteorology: An Introduction to the Wonders of the Weather: Episode 23,Prediction and Predictability
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Scientists have learned a lot about how weather works and have developed sophisticated tools to predict what may happen in our weather. You learn about the sophisticated numerical models these experts use, as well as the inevitable limitations of those models.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Move from clouds to wind as you begin to explore how and why air is transported around the globe. Examine how conditions, including differences in air pressure and temperature as well as the rotation of the Earth, determine where winds arise and the direction in which they blow.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
From thunderstorms to typhoons to driving winds, the world's weather is often tumultuous, destructive, and surprising. And yet, all these phenomena represent Nature's attempt to mitigate extreme conditions. In this introduction, begin to explore some of these extremes as you examine the great complexity of the world weather system.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
In addition to pressure differences and the Earth's rotational movement, two other forces help to determine the winds' strength and direction: friction and centripetal force. Learn about these two forces and examine how they shape the winds the world over.
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