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Deborah Byrd

Peak water limits with Peter Gleick

Our water use has the potential to reach peak limits. Water expert Peter Gleick said we've already hit peak limits in many parts of the world. Read more about peak water.

Beth Lebwohl

Deborah Byrd

Eleanor Imster

June 20, 2011

Giant black holes and their eating habits

Astrophysicists have scrutinized X-rays from accretion disks surrounding eight black holes and confirmed differences between black hole observation and theory.

Holly Clark Coburn

Deborah Byrd

June 8, 2011

Hunger and climate change on collision course

Study shows how global warming might affect hundreds of millions of people already in danger of famine. Read more on hunger and climate change.

Deborah Byrd

June 3, 2011

Do white holes exist? Have we seen one?

Are some gamma-ray bursts - such as GRB 060614 - a sign that white holes exist after all?

Deborah Byrd

May 27, 2011

Human world: humans and Earth are linked

What is a human world? When the first images of Earth were returned from space, we all realized that we live on a water planet. We and the Earth are linked.

Deborah Byrd

May 22, 2011

Martin Haigh on technologies for the world’s energy future

When it comes to technology and innovation, no one can predict what the future will bring. Martin Haigh with Shell is looking to possible alternate futures for global energy as the 21st century progresses.

Deborah Byrd

May 20, 2011

Tornado outbreak in southern U.S. was deadliest day ever

With more than 300 dead and the death toll still rising, April 27, 2011 ranks as one of the nation's deadliest tornado days.

Deborah Byrd

Jorge Salazar

April 29, 2011

Oil exploration and development in the Arctic

Robert Blaauw of Shell International participated in the Commission on Arctic Climate Change, which issued a report on oil exploration in spring 2011.

Deborah Byrd

April 28, 2011

Dramatic video of when tornado struck St. Louis airport

A video shows St. Louis International Airport on Friday, April 20 as a tornado struck. Record numbers of tornadoes expected in the U.S. midwest and southeast.

Deborah Byrd

April 25, 2011

Wim Thomas on energy supply and demand

From Wim Thomas: Energy demand is growing, as emerging economies demand their share. How might global energy supply and demand come to balance in the future?

Deborah Byrd

April 22, 2011

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.