Why Hurricanes Are Earth s Most Powerful Storms
Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you š) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: https://to.pbs.org/PBSDSDonate The physics of the perfect stormā¦ Donāt miss our next video! SUBSCRIBE! āŗāŗ http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ā More info and sources below ā Get yourself an awesome IOTBS shirt! http://dftba.com/besmart Learn more/references: āDivine Wind: The History and Science of Hurricanesā by Kerry Emanuel http://amzn.to/2aUY7P7 Japanās ākamikazeā winds may have been real: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/11/141104-kamikaze-kublai-khan-winds-typhoon-japan-invasion/ āEl huracaĢn, su mitologiĢa y sus siĢmbolosā Fernando Ortiz http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/60338937 āSea of Storms: A History of Hurricanes in the Greater Caribbean from Columbus to Katrinaā Stuart B. Schwartz http://press.princeton.edu/titles/10324.html Emanuel, Kerry. "Tropical cyclones." Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences 31.1 (2003): 75. Knutson, Thomas R., et al. "Tropical cyclones and climate change." Nature Geoscience 3.3 (2010): 157-163. āHurricane Forceā Roger Smith 2006 Phys. World 19 (6) 32 Could we nuke a hurricane? http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/C5c.html ---------------- Itās Okay To Be Smart is written and hosted by Joe Hanson, Ph.D. Have an idea for an episode or an amazing science question you want answered? Leave a comment or check us out at the links below! Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/itsokaytobesmart Twitter: http://twitter.com/okaytobesmart http://twitter.com/jtotheizzoe Tumblr: http://www.itsokaytobesmart.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/jtotheizzoe Snapchat: YoDrJoe Produced by PBS Digital Studios Music via APM Stock images from SciencePhoto http://www.sciencephoto.com/ and Shutterstock http://www.shutterstock.com