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117 - From the Rockies to Alaska: Why the West Is So Different
If the Appalachians are ancient, rounded, and quiet — worn down by hundreds of millions of years — then what are the Rockies? The answer is: still under construction. This episode picks up where the eastern geography series left off, and heads west into some of the most dramatic, geologically active, and ecologically distinct landscapes on the continent.
Young Mountains and the Rain Shadow That Made the West
The Rocky Mountains are young by geological standards — sharp, dramatic, still rising. Unlike the Appalachians, they haven’t been worn down yet. The Cascades and Sierra Nevadas do…
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