Why The Spin Of The Earth Is Essential To Life On Earth

Hosts Kate Humble and Dr. Hellen Czerski follow Earth's one-year journey around the sun and the extreme effects it can have on our planet's weather. This episode explores the enormous impact the spin of the Earth has had on our world over the past 4 billion+ years. This is the programme 'Orbit:...

50 min - Science & Tech - Spark

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