Why Does Earth Have Deserts?

Опубликовано 12 апреля 2013, 20:51

Why Does Earth Have Deserts? For the same reason it has Rainforests: Hadley Cells!!!


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Paper referred to in the making of this video:

Persson, A. 2006. Hadley's principle: Understanding and misunderstanding the trade winds. History of Meteorology 3: 17-42. meteohistory.org/2006historyof...