Summary: As visually spectacular as it is informative, this program thoroughly surveys the world's varied climate systems. Using simple color-coded maps based on the Koppen classification system, the video identifies the characteristics of the following zones: humid tropical climates, wet-dry tropics, dry climates, subtropical and mid-latitude deserts and steppes, humid mid-latitude climates, humid...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Drawing astonishing connections between forces thousands of miles apart, this program shows how life on earth is being pushed to extremes by a one-degree rise in average temperature. Specific topics include animal population declines, atmospheric developments above the oceans, and the widespread appearance of a previously rare respiratory illness. Viewers learn how many scientists believe these...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: Much of the Earth would be uninhabitable without wind. This Science Screen Report studies air in motion and the crucial role of that dynamic, ever-present phenomenon. Illustrating how varying temperature and atmospheric pressure create wind, the program examines local examples in the form of offshore and onshore breezes, as well as global patterns like the trade winds and westerlies. Includes...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: People everywhere are interested in the weather, but how does it all work? Beginning with Earth's atmosphere-its evolution, its gaseous composition, and its four regions-this video takes a close look at how conditions combine to create climate and weather. Topics include the Koppen Climate Classification System; weather prediction; types of clouds and precipitation; thunderstorms, tornadoes,...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: This program presents a comprehensive scientific examination of global warming and El Nino, while viewers travel to the battlefields of Waterloo, to Hawaii and Antarctica, and across North America to learn how complex, contradictory, and influential weather can be. Topics include the role played by weather in Napoleon's defeat, and the relationship of El Nino to underwater volcanic activity....
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005