How hurricanes are formed by Earth’s rotation | Learning Zone
Physicist Helen Czerski explains that hurricanes happen because the earth is rotating. She shows how, because the earth is a spinning globe, its atmosphere is controlled by something called the coriolis effect.
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- Broadcast year: 2012
- Geography | Natural hazards | Tropical storms | Formation of a tropical storm
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- Provider: BBC
- Channel: BBC Two
- Programme: Learning Zone
- Episode: Orbit: Earth's Extraordinary Journey
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2020 | Britain's Wildest Weather
Footage of the most extreme weather conditions in the UK over the past year, from the worst floods in a decade and a freak landslide in Fife, to an account of being in a house when it is struck by lightning. The programme also explains the scientific reasons behind the wildfire that destroyed one of the UK's most precious nature reserves, as well as a look back at record-breaking days of both heat and rain.
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Orbit: Earth's Extraordinary Journey | Learning Zone
Kate Humble and Dr Helen Czerski follow the Earth's voyage around the sun for one complete orbit, to witness the astonishing consequences this journey has for us all.