Sun, Sunlight, and Weather Patterns [video recording] /
Films for the Humanities and Sciences
- Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities and Sciences, 2005.
- 1 digital video disc (DVD) (26min.): color ; 12cm.
- Climate and Man .
Library internal view only.
Explains the origin of tropical storms, of tropical rain forests and polar desert; it shows the route and the effect of the Gulf Stream and its role in the Little Ice Age of the 16th century; theorizes about the events that caused the Sahara to become desert; and examines the link between these events, changes in the sun's activity, and the cycles involving dust storms and volcanic eruption.