How the Himalayas Changed the World

[@mokshit7620]

From someone who has lived in these sacred mountains , they are truly amazing. But because of the tectonic plate still pushing, earthquakes are very frequent.

[@blazer9547]

Sacredness is not scientific.

[@blazer9547]

No such things as sacred mountains

[@nopek1405]

​@@blazer9547 for us, they are..! As a living entity. We are native and we respect our mountains and rivers.

[@kkastiel1759]

​@blazer9547 dude fenway park is sacred to red Sox fans, doesn't always have to be religious, just special to specific people. Pizza is sacred to me.

[@beastmaster0934]

It’s the same reason why western North America is constantly battered by earthquakes too. Mountain range = constant earthquakes.

[@sonamnechen8733]

I am from sikkim a Himalayan state in India and we recentlyfound1.5 Billion Year old stromatolite fossils here in Sikkim which further serves to prove that once this land was under water of Tethys Sea

[@apexnext]

It's so fascinating!

[@sashwathtanmay4033]

are u a geologist? im from TN i want geology friends who live in the himalayas :3

[@2200Stinger]

I’m sorry to hear that, saar.

[@Gibsonchha]

Nah sikkim is Nepal technically

[@stormshadow5283]

​@@Gibsonchha Nepal is India technically

[@buddhasdisciple4935]

And the Himalayas are still rising ! Sagarmata (mt everest) was 8848 metres high when first recorded ; today it's 8850 metres !!

[@julius43461]

That is wild

[@blckhole6774]

Very common knowledge

[@brooklyna007]

@@blckhole6774 No it is not.

[@ajchapeliere]

​@@blckhole6774common =/= universal my friend. If it did, nobody would have voted for iDJiT the first time he ran.

[@lunarcod7187]

​@blckhole6774 Genuinely who cares if it is? It's still a cool fact

[@1uamrit]

Watching this from the Himalayas ❤

[@axem.8338]

Amazing. What's your location?

[@zainmudassir2964]

I live just south of the Himalayas 😊

[@creepercrepe8910]

Watching this form the Himalayas

[@sandasturner9529]

Spam/malware alert!!!!

[@Ashish-gj3vx]

Nepal ​@@axem.8338

[@pippa3150]

I am an environmental microbiologist, but studied geology in undergrad and still do for fun. I just want to tell you that this video was EXCELLENT! And your narrator was fantastic! I learned a lot here and truly enjoyed it. Thank you for a rare treat nowadays.....great content.

[@pippa3150]

Oh....and I just subbed. 😉

[@splitman1129]

You're so cool. Here's more attention to feed your ego ma'am.

[@shyambajekal8084]

Narration was great but she could have rolled the words out a little less. Some words were not easy to understand.

[@Ezrabastian]

As a marine biochemist I also loved this video.

[@audrei679]

pounced on this episode like oaks, plums, and maples on the himalayas

[@flufffycow]

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[@Makabert.Abylon]

@@flufffycowugh at least watch the vid first and you might get it

[@earthling_parth]

Lol, nice one

[@godsbloodyhammer7090]

1:53 South Asian subcontinent. .. there was no such thing call indiaa ever existed till 15thAugust1947. .. GET IT RIGHT!!

[@psylocyn]

I get excited by large orogenies too

[@laurakarr29]

Tectonic Tales sounds like a great series!

[@nomorepartiezz]

I first found this channel during the early days of Covid back when I thought it would just be a longer spring break for my first year of college. During those first few months or so when nobody knew what was happening and was trapped inside I used to peacefully fall asleep to these videos at night. Cant believe that was almost five years ago…

[@Rishi123456789]

The name 'Himalayas' originates from the ancient Sanskrit language of India. In the Sanskrit language, 'Himalaya' means 'abode of snow'.

[@MossyMozart]

Thanks for the information. Well named.

[@b.a.erlebacher1139]

​@@tisyaa4294 Do you really think it's known to all 8 billion people in the world? I didn't know it, but now I do.

[@jameslafontaine5557]

Himal actually comes from an older route meaning heaven or the heavens. Same root for himmel in germanic languages

[@notusneo]

​@@tisyaa4294 i don't know until i read his comment actually

[@AimlesslyAbstractArtworks]

Thanks for the info, that is pretty cool to learn about.

[@halliehofbauer5022]

I’ve been waiting for this since the India was an island episode!

[@Nero-Caesar]

Thanks PBS Eons team

[@Lydown1825]

best presenter

[@Nero-Caesar]

@@Lydown1825 fr

[@apexnext]

​@@Nero-Caesarsaid the fiddler! 🔥 Jk, I know it was a historical hit job on your character. Not that you were a saint or anything. 😅

[@jawworm]

This presenter's delivery has improved so much since I first started watching the channel. Great video Eons team.

[@MarkVrem]

k I already know who u are talking about, and I haven't even watched it yet.

[@alanbiancardi2531]

Should probably stay off camera though

[@RedBear345]

@@pacevedo9 Quit your trolling.

[@cardenasr.2898]

​@@pacevedo9these people just need to make a statement of their private preferences

[@godfreypigott]

@@cardenasr.2898 Your channel makes a statement about your interest in snowboarding. That is also a private preference. Please keep it to yourself.

[@joshk.6246]

I guess it's like the old saying goes. It can't build a mountain range without breaking a few tectonic plates.

[@boston_octopus_442]

😄👍

[@reeshavgohain]

I was literally watching Everest and K2 videos yesterday and today morning i wake up to see my favorite channel post about it :) I couldn't be happier. I'm watching from the foothills of the Eastern Himalayas in North East India :)

[@bobblowhard8823]

Were you literally watching Everest and K2 videos, or were you watching Everest and K2 videos?

[@pritsingh9766]

Some people in my country add "literally" in every sentence ,just to make it sound more aesthetic

[@samuelluria4744]

​@@pritsingh9766 - Haha, that's interesting. I live in New Jersey, an area with a LOT of Indians, and now that you mention it, they _do_ use that word quite often. Now that you say it's more for poetic effect than just the usual case of overusing the word, I can _hear_ it, in an Indian accent, and it seems to me you are correct.😁

[@Ashish-gj3vx]

Lucky enough to be born on the foothills of this mighty himalaya. Also sometimes Mt. Annapurna can be seen from my home.

[@Nazuiko]

Sometimes...? Does it move

[@heatengine9283]

@@Nazuiko Spoken like a true dweller of plains.

[@soumaSR]

​​@@NazuikoEnvironmental factors highly effect the mountain view...in clear days you can literally see Indo-Nepal border region in Himalayas from Northern Bangladesh but that's not something happens everyday

[@superboy3633]

​@@NazuikoHaha😂. Himalayan mountains are only visible in winters. In summers there is so much fog and mist there.

[@iliketurtles9719]

​@@Nazuiko lol

[@eswaravardhan4146]

Without Himalayas, India as an continuous civilization wouldn't be possible. Hence they are highly sacred for us.

[@godfreypigott]

"Sacred" is a nonsense concept.

[@Hotasianchick]

​@@godfreypigott What? What does that even mean? It's a belief held by a culture, not meant to be an empirical fact.

[@superboy3633]

​@@godfreypigottIn this case Sacred means highly respected.

[@0arjun077]

It is really sacred for Hindus. The Kailasha mountain the earthly abode of Shiva is in the Himalayas. Origin of Ganga, Indus etc are in the Himalayas

[@imagine_9818]

​@@godfreypigott your existence is a nuisance

[@noble_sword64]

As we approach winter it is once again time for me to be thankful to the Himalayas that I can enjoy a nice, mild chill in the northern plains.

[@abc_cba]

The power of nature is phenomenal.

[@blazer9547]

Karma isn't real , reincarnation isn't real. And plants are living too, we should stop eating them.

[@blazer9547]

Karma isn't real , reincarnation isn't real. And plants are living too, we should stop eating them.

[@blazer9547]

Karma isn't real , reincarnation isn't real. And plants are living too, we should stop eating them.

[@hectorcovarrubias9123]

🤓☝️

[@studioMYTH]

Life long learners will see this and just be like “hell yeah”

[@youtubeazlan1771]

I live in these Himalayas 😊

[@1queijocas]

Nepal?

[@youtubeazlan1771]

@@1queijocas no I live in kashmir between greater Himalayas and pir panjal range 🌷

[@rahulj.005]

@@1queijocas India has more Himalayan territory than Nepal. Actually 60-70 % of himalays is in India.

[@aa6eheia156]

​@@rahulj.005 but none of the highest 8000 meter peaks in India except Kanchenjunga which is shared by Sikkim(majority Nepalese state) with Nepal. Furthermore, Sikkim, Uttarakhand and Himachal were parts of Nepal before the treaty between Nepal and British East India Company. The friendship treaty between Nepal and independent India had nullified earlier treaties between Nepal and British so officially, the borders of Nepal and India have not been defined yet. That's why Nepalese nationalists claim almost all of the Himalayas as part of Greater Nepal or Gorkha Empire

[@rahulj.005]

@@aa6eheia156 LoL 😂😂😂 yes whole world is belongs to Nepal. 1. Himachal was never part of Nepal in history. 2. If we go by your logic the rulers who ruled Nepal were from India or their lineage or ancestors comes from India. Does that mean Nepal belongs to India. 3. Himalaya doesn't mean only 8000 metre peaks. It's about area not high peaks.

[@ianhawkins4979]

Wie immer großartig! 👏🏽

[@williamfrederick9670]

We were literally talking about this subject in my college past climates yesterday

[@bobblowhard8823]

Were you talking about this subject, or were you literally talking about this subject? Be honest.

[@advancekashmir9846]

Watching this from Kashmir Himalayas! 🏔️🏞️⛰️

[@shinook6667]

I love this presenter’s tone and rhythm. Very natural, and not full of highs and lows that distract from the information.

[@Golfman5]

Also, she is so awkward. Lol

[@primrosevale1995]

“If you to climb Mt. Everest, you might find something remarkable in the rocks under your boots.” The dead bodies of previous climbers? “Fossils..” Yeah pretty much.

[@DiogoSalazar]

It is just a matter of time 😅

[@jamesharmer9293]

Dead bodies of previous climbers ? Do a search for Rainbow Valley...

[@boxsterman77]

Prospective fossils.

[@Nazuiko]

@@boxsterman77 Im not sure when they go from corpses/remains to fossils, but in the future for sure. Very well preserved fossils

[@DebTheDevastator]

​@Nazuiko I think they would become mummies, consider Otzi the iceman. He died over 5,000 years ago. It takes about 10,000 years for something to fossilize, but that is in perfect conditions.

[@indiradevi8136]

Can you do a video on the western ghats and how they were formed and how they affected Indian climate? I find very little videos on them. Great video BTW

[@slwrabbits]

seconded because I have no idea what you are talking about, and now I need to know

[@earthling_parth]

​@@slwrabbitsI'm from India and I know those are huge and impressive mountain range and control a large part of weather and vegetation around their area but don't exactly know how. Western ghats would be a very interesting video.

[@michaelserwetnyk1607]

Very nice “sequel” video to the Indian subcontinent episode from a few months back!!

[@johnboy2048]

If the Himalayas hadn't been raised, there would be no Tibet for butterflies to flap their wings in thus having such a significant effect on weather patterns around the world!

[@godfreypigott]

Except Lorenz's story of the butterfly effect used Brazil, not Tibet.

[@blueprairiedog]

Nah. That butterfly would have flapped somewhere else.

[@parvadhami980]

Very poorly conveyed

[@jerrycornelius5986]

Very interesting. I read an article in Scientific American that explained how the Himalayas create the monsoons and the monsoons drive the erosion which thins the crust, creating an upwelling in the upper mantle that accelerates and modifies the uplifting of the Himalayas and Tibetan plateau. It is interesting how the system involves tectonics, geomorphology, weather systems and biology all in a positive feedback loop.

[@quillaja]

I hung out with some research geologists this summer who are investigating the effect of glaciation on volcanism, essentially possibly showing how climate affects deep crustal processes. More interconnected things!

[@multiyapples]

I had no idea the Himalayas were once at the bottom of the ocean.

[@PahadiSher]

Whales went from land to water around the same place. Imagine that.

[@ExtremeMadnessX]

Well, yes, and India was island.

[@1uamrit]

​@@tisyaa4294 no they aren't. It isn't सागरमाथा ( Saagarmatha) it's सगरमाथा (Sagarmatha) if you can read devanagari.

[@hsdinoman2267]

truth is, everything on this little planet we call home everything is in some form or another connected

[@MossyMozart]

And moving!

[@hsdinoman2267]

@@MossyMozart has since its beginning and will continue to do so until its end, our planet our home is itself alive in a way

[@Ciacien-ke7ot]

Not only is this video incredibly interesting and educational, but the production is also amazing. It's great to learn while watching all these visually stunning shots of one of the most brutally beautiful parts of this planet.

[@newq]

8:20 That's the Flint Hills at the Konza Prairie Biological Station, near Manhattan, Kansas. I have stood exactly where that photo was taken. That's about a mile in to the 4-mile loop trail through the park, just over the first ridge, looking down into King's Creek valley towards the north branch of the creek. I know this view well because I usually sit here and take a break. I was drinking a coffee while watching this video and I about did a spit-take all over my laptop when I saw that view!

[@auhsoj308]

Very cool! I didn’t know the himalayas history went back that far. I make science videos too, would anyone like to see them?

[@auhsoj308]

I made some size comparison videos and more

[@TOATI]

yeah I think ill check it out

[@auhsoj308]

Thank you!

[@TheMooseNextDoor]

0:12 aww so cute!❤❤❤

[@deankruse2891]

Nooooooooooo

[@TheMooseNextDoor]

@@deankruse2891its so cute tho

[@adamvanschalwyk250]

You’re not okay if you think it’s cute I hope you’re being sarcastic

[@TheMooseNextDoor]

@@adamvanschalwyk250 wym?

[@pmc609]

Yup. I'm for sure showing this to my senior high school geo class.

[@davec9244]

That was a lot in a little time. thank you ALL

[@PierreJohnsonOnline]

I am just passionate about life on Earth. I have been following Eons series for about 2 years now, reading on the subject and understand more and more. This episode was fantastic to my opinion.

[@ricklee6686]

Excellent presentation. THese stories are all wonderful to watch.

[@charliedevil4014]

Nepalese here, top 8 eight thousand and above mountains are in our country out of 10 in the world.

[@editorial.nascimento]

All subduction zones on Earth have this characteristic. When Darwin walked on the Andes in South America, he found exactly the same remains beneath his shoes.

[@Utubeisevil]

but r they tall?

[@editorial.nascimento]

@@Utubeisevilthey reach 7000m, and the entire subduction zone spans from the North Pole to Antarctica. They’re big.

[@Utubeisevil]

@@editorial.nascimento yep the zone that causes earthquake in LA spans from entire North to south but mountain range is only in South America

[@editorial.nascimento]

@@Utubeisevil ​​⁠one third of the western USA is covered in mountains, from Denver to LA (precisely). That mountain range is borne of the same subduction as the one in the south. Technically they are different plates but it is still Pacific vs America 😊

[@sujanpandey7968]

​@@Utubeisevil they could have been, but Wilson cycle happens from tall to peneplain. Himalaya is a young mountain chain that is still active so its tall

[@herbsandflowers8152]

I am so grateful for living in a time, in which I can freely further my education and learn more about the world. ❤ Thanks guys!

[@lorenstribling6096]

Well presented. This gives all of us something to think about. If things had gone differently 300 million years ago would we even exist?

[@gamerzarmy9541]

... No

[@Nazuiko]

A lot of things, throughout even much more recent times, all lead to what eventually became us, in a mind-bogglingly complex chain and network of events, that eventually made us. Had the asteroid that killed the non-Avian dinosaurs been a little bit slower, it wouldve either missed the earth entirely or hit a few weeks later, which wouldve had a much less apocalyptic outcome, thus delaying or outright preventing the rise of Mammals to take over the planet; Meaning less giant sloths, less whales, less birds, and ultimately less apes. Which means no humans.

[@AJGthree]

​@Nazuiko why would hitting a few weeks later be less apocalyptic?

[@azrielmoha6877]

We wouldn't even be present if things were different 2 million years ago, let alone 66 million years and 300 million years ago

[@hypotheticalaxolotl]

@@AJGthree I think it would have landed in the ocean at that point. Still destructive, tsunamis galore, but probably not nearly as much dust in the atmosphere blocking the sun for years on end.

[@jc6218]

Thank you for showing us more evidence of how everything is connected on this planet. Given the modern discourses we put up with, I'm glad we have you and other science communicators making sure the "actual truth as we understand it so far" is broadcast to the masses.

[@MrDan708]

The irresistible force hitting the immovable object...

[@anna_in_aotearoa3166]

I feel like the role of tectonic shifts (& subsequent climactic/habitat changes) often gets under-emphasised when we talk about the history of evolution and how our current species and biomes came about, so it's always fascinating to see vids like this one which help provide that wider geographic context? ❤️ Living in New Zealand, which straddles a very active plate boundary, the way tectonics affects our landscape & how that in turn has impacted our natural biome and our human civilisations is something that has very immediate interest for us down here... and is very much an ongoing process, just as in the Himalayas! 😅

[@ALPHONSE2501]

Himalayas makes grassland. Does it means Himalayas plays a indirectly role in origin of human?

[@blazer9547]

Well lot of things are connected

[@ManpreetSingh-kz1zu]

well maybe not in the origin as it happened in Africa but definitely in the origin and development of society in the world as one the oldest known civilization(Indus Valley Civ.) was born on Indus river which originates near the Mansarovar lake in the Himalayas. The North Indian plains are a direct result of deposition of alluvial soil by rivers and their tributaries originating by Himalayas. Also the natural border formed by the great mountains greatly deterred Invasions which could've led to the disruption of society giving rise to a more agarian and trade based society rather than hunter gatherers, so yeah Himalayas has influenced society and mankind in more ways than we can imagine.

[@Krankensteinn]

Yes. In a way

[@superboy3633]

​@@ManpreetSingh-kz1zuAnd also Asia's 80 to 90% rivers are directly or indirectly related to the Himalayas.

[@tigerbunny6328]

Origin of a distinct culture might be more appropriate since it added another patch of land and drastically altered the climate in that patch of land. Also it made crossing the area difficult, and isolation led to more adaptation. India currently owns just 2.4% of the world's land area but is home to 8% of all recorded species.

[@PatrickBatefan]

Watching this while sitting at 3000 mt + height outside my house in Himalayas lol.

[@XEinstein]

And I'm watching from sea level, actually one meter below it. So hello from down here

[@lancerhades971]

What an insane world you two can even communicate

[@PatrickBatefan]

@@XEinstein where are you from ?..... I am from Himachal Pradesh a Northern Himalayan state of India. My house is in Upper H.P. Region ( kinnaur ) at around 3,157 Mt above sea level.... We are basically nomadic & come to lower region of Shimla ( H.P. ) during winter months.

[@XEinstein]

@@PatrickBatefan I'm from the Netherlands, living about 5 km from the coast, just around the line where the bit of land between me and the sea is a few meters above sea level and transitions to the inland area that is below sea level.

[@superboy3633]

I am from central Uttarakhand (1550metre).

[@trendy_charms9937]

This explains the abundance of "Salikgram" in Nepal.

[@superboy3633]

Means?

[@HeraldKingDUGONG]

@@superboy3633 saligram represents the primal ocean as it is stated in our scruptures which hints at the area being under water with the supreme godhead in primal repose on it with his seven headed snake as couch.

[@psdeepak321]

Need some more Vivid, enchanting and educative documentarties like this one.

[@doltsbane]

Speaking of monsoons, I'd be interested in seeing Eon's take on the Pangean megamonsoon.

[@AndrewTBP]

They did a video on the *Carnian pluvial episode* already. See "That Time It Rained for Two Million Years"

[@theBouss]

great channel! appreciate the work PBS does.

[@andrewfrank7222]

Thanks plants for figuring out those various ways of photosynthesis… We are all effed without you.

[@tigerbunny6328]

You should thank the cyanobacteria, plants came way later.

[@commandershepardmessiah3345]

One way it put it in perspective of how immense mount everest is. When you see an airplane flying over a city it's I'm descent trajectory. But at the maximum height of flight it is right above the peak of everest. So think of how a plan in a city is and far above that would be mount everest. That's how big it is.

[@florinadrian5174]

Really? So the Himalays are responsible for Windows XP desktop background?

[@bobblowhard8823]

I'm afraid they are.

[@sandasturner9529]

Dang. Didn't expect that

[@lunchbox1398]

Chicken or the egg problem all over again...

[@AnishDangi-ji9ib]

I'm from Nepal and we call Mountains "Himal".As a kid I used to think Himalayas was Nepal. I come from the foothills of mt Manaslu which is 8163m from sea level. Its just a different world out there to be able to look up in the sky and see the whole mountain range and be able to see like 10 mountains at a glance every morning😂. It is both the gift and curse for us people living there as we have less jobs and oppertunities around there. I live in Uk but my heart is always there hope one day I'll be able to live in my beautiful himalayas forever.

[@ibrav7979]

Amazing content

[@marcofioraso4964]

Hi, I do research in this topic (mountain building processes and feedbacks between climate-tectonics) and I love how you have provided in a proper way this type of knowledge to the public. Basically precursors were Molnar & England (1990) paper and Ruddiman (1997) book, but up to today the additional impact on the biosphere is intriguing and may lead to a general comprehensive meaning of biogeodynamics.

[@mho...]

its crazy how much some rocks folded by plate tectonics can influence the world!

[@DrBunnyMedicinal]

Now consider the effects that will be caused by the mountain range that will be built up once the Australian Plate has completed mostly subducting the Indian Plate, tens of millions of years from now. Which will likely be significantly higher than the Himalayas ever reached!

[@MossyMozart]

In the far distant past, the tallest mountains to have ever existed are where the lower Hudson River Valley now is (NY in the USA).

[@blazer9547]

Crazy westerners discovered the fact that india was an island and himalayas are formed due to collisions , before Indians.

[@michaelmcgovern8110]

Excellent presentation, all around! Many thanks.

[@processingpodcastseattle]

0:31 just fell in love. i love the Himalayas.

[@majvorandersson4641]

The river Kali Gandaki is really cool since it's older than the Himalayas! It starts north of the mountains and has "calmly" kept flowing south while all this mountain rising has been going on. It eventually joins the Ganges as the river Gandak.

[@Owl_of_Whimsy]

1:53 indian subcontinent jumpscare

[@NamesMori]

Underrated comment 😭😂

[@Prayukth]

One of the most beautiful fossils that one can ever unearth is that of the ammonite that one finds abundantly in the foothill areas of the Himalays. These mesmerizing stones have neatly preserved the outer shell designs of ammonites. The stone is considered sacred by Hindus and Buddhists. Every stone tells the story of an ammonite that once lived in the warm and crystal clear waters of the Tethys sea. When you hold the fossil, you can almost hear the story of the ammonite being told to you by the cold breeze that blows by. Another piece of history that the Himalays hide is related to the origin of the whales. Bone fossils of an ancient whale ancestors was found in the Himalays as well.

[@poledra73]

That was fascinating. Thanks 👍

[@hsk7717]

Himalayas my home. I have seen how himalayas have some exotic plants and animals.

[@stuartaaron613]

The rain shadow effect of the Himalayas on Eurasia made be think about something. Both North and South America have mountain ranges on the west coasts, the Cascades and Sierra Nevada in North America, and the Andes of South America. But the rain shadow of the North American ranges are on the east side of the mountains, while the rain shadow of the Andes is on the west side of them. It would make an interesting video to explain why the difference.

[@tellsparck]

Yeah. I wonder too. The amazon is a self sustaining rain forest. Equador on the west is pretty wet too. Does it have anything to do with the cold current flowing along the west coast of South America?

[@cwsill]

Simple case of wind patterns. The far south of South America (the Patagonia) has west-to-east winds, but the rest of the continent has winds off the southern Atlantic that blow westward... which is why the eastern slope of the Andes is lush and the western slope is arid.

[@XEinstein]

Coriolis winds deflects the direction of the wind to the right in the northern hemisphere and to the left in the southern hemisphere

[@sydhenderson6753]

@@cwsill It's also why the east coast of Mexico is wetter than the west.

[@rogerhyland8283]

Loved it. Congratulations on a great job.

[@search895]

I live in a place where a rain shadow happens. Everybody thinks Spain is always a sunny dry country, but it's not just that. In many places, specially the north coast, it's more wet and rainy, similar to British islands. There's a mountain chain in the north of Spain that retains most of the wind and clouds from the sea, and in the other side of those mountains, it tends to be dry, hotter in the summer and colder in the winter.

[@anik1612]

We are very closed to Himalaya. But can't go there as need to do many things. Hopefully, I'll go to the Himalaya someday in the future.

[@2241RS]

I went to the high inner Himalayas during winter in January of 2019 Temperature dropped to -39⁰'c . It's something I'll never forget and I still remember it clearly. The landscape resembled , may be that of mars in the movies. No sign of vegetation and completely dry yet so cold. The hostel we stayed at was "eco-friendly", so there were no heaters. We were just provided with thick blankets. It somehow did warm up quickly after 10-15 minutes. We were in Leh,Ladakh in India.

[@stinkylittleguy86]

Yay!! Rock facts!!!

[@BaddeGrasse]

1234 1234 ROCK FACTS ROCK FACTS ROCK FACTS

[@thebloodyserb]

@@BaddeGrasse Q: Which female lead singers' life depends on a rare gem?

[@MossyMozart]

​@@thebloodyserb - Peridot?

[@ashleyh.6342]

I’ve been waiting for this one

[@zainmudassir2964]

Himalayas Karakorum and Hindu Kush changed world 😊😊😊😊😊

[@DataWorld-r2z]

From Pakistan we love our himalyas here, they start and go as high as k2

[@ImBalance]

THEY’RE TALKING ABOUT THE CARBON-SILICATE CYCLE THEY’RE TALKING ABOUT THE CARBON-SILICATE CYCLE

[@Nazuiko]

THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT ACID RAIN THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT ACID RAIN

[@manuelpradojatar1]

Excellent. Thanks a lot for this wonderful video.

[@achinism]

Two of the most important geological events that had far-reaching impacts took place in India - the rise of the Himalayas and the eruption of the Deccan Traps!

[@Alice_Walker]

Very cool episode! 🤯💜

[@bodofzt]

The vastly simplified version that I thought to myself is that we live in a colder period of the planet because there are massive mountain ranges close to the equator, which would otherwise be tropical and heat up the whole planet, and there's a landmass on the South Pole, which wouldn't be as cold if it was just sea.

[@cardenasr.2898]

Interesting theory, also since there ain't a whole lot of landmasses in the Southern Hemisphere, the cold water and wind just circulates all around the globe, while the warmer waters and winds cannot, as you mentioned due to the presence of mountain ranges near the Equator

[@Sthuont]

The Himalayas aren't near the equator though, they're not even within the Tropics. Also the extreme cold of Antartica is largely confined to Antartica because of the circumpolar current and the unimpeded Westerlies AKA the roaring 40's/furious 50's/screaming 60's blocking the frigid temperatures from adventuring into lower lattitudes.

[@Sthuont]

@@cardenasr.2898 The large water surface of the Southern Hemisphere acts as a huge thermal bank and actually regulates and moderates temperatures of the Southern Hemisphere (and more broadly Earth). That's why despite the Earth being both closer to the Sun during the Austral summer, and further from the Sun during the Austral winter, the summers and winters of the Southern Hemisphere are actually milder than the Northern Hemisphere's.

[@nvkhoi1]

Thanks!

[@MuhammadItqanAbdullah]

what did the prehistoric Himalayas say to the land northwards? "Go be desert!" (sorry)

[@badabingbadaboom9251]

I'm watching this video sitting in himalayas. Nice.

[@nihilsson]

0:29 wait, is there some even higher point below sea level?

[@11macedonian]

There are taller mountains if you count their extent underwater, such as hawaii. But that does not make them higher, since you are defining the mountain of hawaii as starting at the bottom of the seafloor, while the himilayas start from the surface of india. Higher in this case is a global term as in height above sea level while taller is local to the reference point at the base of the mountain.

[@annecarter5181]

@@11macedonian Yes. The bottom of the Marianas trench. ( it’s the LOWEST point)

[@spudgamer6049]

There's also "distance from center of the earth" which, because the globe is a few kilometers thicker than it is tall, means that mountains closer to the equator have peaks further from the earth's center. Which method you use to measure depends on why you need or want to measure. Afaik, for most purposes height above sea level is the chosen method.

[@gatorbait9385]

It's kinda funny there's 3 "tallest" mountains if you use different definitions. The mountain whose peak is closest to the atmosphere is in South America

[@alexallen9640]

Interesting, this gives me a new perspective on the Himalayas

[@abisekmndhr3620]

Watching this from the Himalayas.

[@superboy3633]

Same bro

[@gruvgortgage4642]

so special

[@ianj.bateman6297]

Superb public communications

[@blueforyou0202]

Stay safe Floridians, from Aus 🇦🇺

[@ianism3]

*Floridians, but agreed!

[@blueforyou0202]

@@ianism3 fixed :)

[@godfreypigott]

@@blueforyou0202 Yes, they should stay safe from Ron DeSantis.

[@Alien-qm3ik]

a beautiful and majestic mountain range. 03:19

[@kennethnielsen935]

6:02 +1,000 aura for CARBON-SILICATE CYCLE REFERENCE!!!! 🎉

[@luniz4209]

love this channel. great episode.

[@LeoDomitrix]

Always look at your rocks. You never know what you're looking at!

[@bobblowhard8823]

I like rocks. I have a box of rocks.

[@foreverpinkf.7603]

As always, very interesting. Thanks for the enlightenment.

[@ninaandianfan21]

but this PBS Series thing is US only if I'm understanding this correctly?

[@PainterVierax]

certainly yes. Not even sure if it's available for the unincorporated territories.

[@macgonzo]

Nope, watching from the UK.

[@PainterVierax]

@@macgonzo We're talking about the exclusive content on the PBS website and their app. PBS Terra itself is just available on YT like Eons.

[@taqyon]

I love this channel ❤

[@ikebeckman1074]

Respect to Kallie and Blake but Michelle and Gabriel have _excellent_ voiceover skills and Michelle’s has definitely improved over their time here. Their voice is perfectly soothing and engaging, with a pleasant timbre. Gabe I haven’t heard much of yet (of course) but I was riveted for the whole episode. I may be biased bc I do love astronomy, but his voice was great

[@Robban.D.Jonsson.]

There's just one person speaking.

[@ikebeckman1074]

@@Robban.D.Jonsson.​​⁠Michelle is the host here, Gabriel debuted with “When the Earth ‘Ate’ a Planet”

[@mattikallio4812]

This was wonderful.

[@sarcasmo57]

The Earth is a very complex system.

[@luminyam6145]

I love your channel.

[@amacuro]

Michelle did a great presentation here, not that I need to say it :)

[@judyklein3221]

Wonderful video!