Grands vents(2024)
Documentary
First Air Date: 2024-08-27
Average Runtime: 44m
Rating: 0.0
Votes: 0
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 5
Invisible but fundamental to life on the planet, wind has inspired many myths in human civilizations. A key player in oxygenating the oceans, it governs the movements of insect and bird populations, shapes the plant world, influences transportation, and is an inexhaustible source of energy. By turns devastating and beneficial, whether dry, violent, hot, cold, or humid, it lays down the law wherever it blows. There are thousands of them around the globe, each with its own characteristics. At the crossroads of geography, history, human adventure, and science, Grands Vents follows the path of five iconic winds—the Mistral of Provence, the Chinook of the Rockies, the transatlantic trade winds, the North African Sirocco, and the Indian monsoon—through the eyes of those who study them, await them, fear them, or even enjoy them.
Keywords
windmeteorologyclimateexplorationtravelenvironmentstorytellingculturelandscapegeographyforces of naturecalmecosystemshistoryscienceadventureinformativechanging seasons
Seasons & Episodes
Miniseries
Episodes: 5E01
Chinook, the Warm Wind of the Rockies
Air Date: 2024-08-27
Each winter in western Canada and the US, cold and ice dominate the landscape, but the Rocky Mountains are regularly ...
E02
Mistral, the Master Wind
Air Date: 2024-08-24
Invisible yet essential, winds shape ecosystems, landscapes, cultures and myths. In southern France, the cold, dry Mi...
E03
Trade Winds, the Breath of Voyagers
Air Date: 2024-08-26
The trade winds, blowing between the tropics and the equator, enabled early ocean crossings and transformed global ex...
E04
Monsoon, the Breath of Fate
Air Date: 2024-08-28
The monsoon travels thousands of kilometers, bringing intense seasonal rains that can trigger devastating floods whil...
E05
Sirocco, the Desert Breath
Air Date: 2024-08-25
The Sirocco, born over the Sahara, is a hot, dry desert wind that raises temperatures and carries vast amounts of san...
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