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Deborah Byrd (born March 1, 1951, in San Antonio, Texas) is an American science journalist. She is editor-in-chief of EarthSky , which presents science news and night sky information. The website served more than 21 million users in 2019, according to Google Analytics.
Earth & Sky was the creation of producers Deborah Byrd and Joel Block, who were also the hosts. Byrd had previously created the radio program Star Date that began broadcasting in the US in 1978, and Block was Star Date's original host. The final episode of Earth & Sky was broadcast on June 2, 2013. President and co-founder Deborah Byrd said ...
Jacob Stolworthy. March 7, 2024 at 2:45 AM. (Getty Images) American Idol star Debra Byrd has died, aged 72. Byrd was best known as a vocal coach for 10 seasons of the hit singing competition, in ...
Oceania is a geographical, and geopolitical, region consisting of numerous lands—mostly islands in the Pacific Ocean and vicinity. The term is also sometimes used to denote a continent comprising Australia and proximate Pacific islands. [1][2][3][4] The boundaries of Oceania are defined in a number of ways.
Pedosphere – The outermost layer of the Earth that is composed of soil and subject to soil formation processes. Outer layers. By composition. Crust (geology) – The outermost solid shell of a rocky planet, dwarf planet, or natural satellite. Moho Discontinuity – The line between the crust and the Earth's mantle.
Polynesia[ a ] (UK: / ˌpɒlɪˈniːziə / POL-in-EE-zee-ə, US: /- ˈniːʒə / -EE-zhə) is a subregion of Oceania, made up of more than 1,000 islands scattered over the central and southern Pacific Ocean. The indigenous people who inhabit the islands of Polynesia are called Polynesians.
Bevins Prize (2008) honorary degree (2011) Deborah Haynes (born October 1976) is a British journalist, security and defence editor at Sky News. [1] She was previously known for her work as defence editor for The Times as well as documenting the dangers Iraqi interpreters faced since British troops withdrew from Iraq.
Anthropologists have defined Oceania as that region of the Pacific Ocean that encompasses three distinct geographical areas—Polynesia, meaning "many islands"; Micronesia, meaning "small islands"; and Melanesia, meaning "black islands." Other definitions of Oceania are used by geographers, economists, and oceanographers.