How Rain Might Make Mountains Grow

The video explores the complex relationship between rain, erosion, and mountain formation. It discusses how erosion, driven by rain, can paradoxically lead to mountain growth through processes like isostatic equilibrium and plate tectonics. The video highlights the challenges in proving rain's role in erosion and introduces the use of cosmic rays to measure erosion rates in the Himalayas. This research helps confirm the hypothesis that rain significantly contributes to erosion, impacting mountain height.

What role does erosion play in the growth of mountains?

How do plate tectonics contribute to the formation of mountain ranges?

In what ways can rain influence the erosion of mountains?

Why is it challenging to prove that rain is the primary driver of erosion?

What evidence did researchers use to study erosion rates in the Himalayas?