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Deborah Byrd

Tsunami watch cancelled in Indian Ocean

These quakes were off the coast of northern Sumatra in Indonesia, where a 9.1-magnitude quake on December 26, 2004 triggered a tsunami that killed 230,000 people.

Deborah Byrd

April 11, 2012

Carbon dioxide increase in air helped end last Ice Age

A supercomputer and a global dataset of paleoclimate records helped show that carbon dioxide drove the global warming that ended the last Ice Age.

Deborah Byrd

April 9, 2012

Destructive tornadoes rip through Dallas-Fort Worth

Amazing video from at least two separate large and destructive tornadoes in the Dallas-Fort Worth area earlier today.

Deborah Byrd

April 3, 2012

Earthquake in Oaxaca felt in Mexico City

In Mexico City, people reportedly streamed out of office buildings as the earthquake was occurring. There are no initial reports of injuries or damages.

Deborah Byrd

April 2, 2012

Meteor over New Zealand described as ball of fire

Many in New Zealand saw a bright object streak across the night sky on April 2, 2012. It looks like a meteor, but that has not been confirmed.

Deborah Byrd

April 2, 2012

A whole lotta love for your 22 minutes of science and music, EarthSky 22

Check out EarthSky 22 - the best new science podcast on the Internet - featured today through the weekend on NSF's Science360 news service.

Deborah Byrd

March 30, 2012

Minimoons may be usual orbiting Earth

Astronomers used a supercomputer to simulate the passage asteroids past Earth, resulting in the insight that Earth frequently has "minimoons."

Deborah Byrd

March 30, 2012

A camera that can see around corners

Great new video shows a new camera that can see around corners - how it works. Neat! The camera was developed by researchers at MIT.

Deborah Byrd

March 28, 2012

Brain cells hold memories, say researchers

Researchers say brain cells hold memories. Memory engrams - traces of memory do reside in brain cells, say researchers from MIT and Stanford.

Deborah Byrd

March 26, 2012

Edge of the electromagnetic spectrum brings mysteries

Probing the universe at the edge of the electromagnetic spectrum, NASA's Fermi Gamma-Ray Telescope has just completed an all-sky map.

Deborah Byrd

March 26, 2012

Deborah Byrd

Deborah Byrd (asteroid 3505 Byrd) helps edit EarthSky.org and is a frequent host of EarthSky videos. Deborah created the EarthSky radio series in 1991 and founded EarthSky.org in 1994. Prior to that, she had worked for the University of Texas McDonald Observatory since 1976, and created and produced their Star Date radio series. She has won a galaxy of awards from the broadcasting and science communities, including having an asteroid named in her honor in 1990, a Public Service Award from the National Science Board in 2003, and the Education Prize from the American Astronomical Society in 2020. A science communicator and educator since 1976, Byrd believes in science as a force for good in the world and a vital tool for the 21st century. "Being an EarthSky editor is like hosting a big global party for cool nature-lovers," she says.