Stories for October 27th 2020

Tuesday, October 27th 2020 - 09:30 UTC
Argentina calls for “solidarity multilateralism” at UN meeting

Argentine Foreign Affairs Minister Felipe Sola on Monday called on Latin American and Caribbean countries to embrace “solidarity multilateralism” to overcome the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tuesday, October 27th 2020 - 08:50 UTC
Brazil extends to May 2022 military deployment to protect the Amazon rainforest

Brazil’s conservative government will extend the military’s deployment to fight the destruction of the Amazon rainforest by five months through April 2021 from its previous November end date, Vice President Hamilton Mourao said on Monday.
Tuesday, October 27th 2020 - 08:49 UTC
The Atlantic ocean first 200 meters water layer holds 12 to 21 million tons of micro plastic waste

Researchers have made micro plastic measurements in the Atlantic Ocean for the first time. In the first 200 meters of the water layer, they estimate that there are approximately 12 to 21 million tons of waste.
Tuesday, October 27th 2020 - 08:44 UTC
Polar associations agree on standards for field staff on expedition cruise vessels

Two polar associations have developed standards for field staff working on expedition cruise vessels in polar regions. The Association of Arctic Expeditions Operators, AECO, and the International Association of Antarctic Tour Operators, IAATO, agreed on guidelines that have been adopted as industry standards.
Tuesday, October 27th 2020 - 08:41 UTC
Falklands awards extension of oil licenses until 2022 to Borders & Southern

Oil company Borders & Southern Petroleum said it has been granted an extension to its Falkland Islands licenses.
Tuesday, October 27th 2020 - 08:35 UTC
NASA confirms for the first time water on the sunlit surface of the Moon

NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) has confirmed, for the first time, water on the sunlit surface of the Moon. This discovery indicates that water may be distributed across the lunar surface, and not limited to cold, shadowed places.
Tuesday, October 27th 2020 - 08:25 UTC
Falklands and privateer/pirate captain David Jewett 1820 adventure

In response to Argentina’s planned commemorations of the 200th anniversary of the visit to the Falklands by the privateer captain David Jewett in 1820 and his purported “taking of possession” of the Islands for Argentina, historian Graham Pascoe has released the paper ‘David Jewett’s visit to the Falklands, 1820-21: no valid “possession-taking.” Dr. Pascoe notes in his abstract that before David Jewett arrived he had captured a neutral Portuguese ship, and he captured another neutral US ship in the Islands.
Tuesday, October 27th 2020 - 08:20 UTC
Catholic and “originalist” Judge Barrett ensures a conservative majority in the US Supreme Court

Amy Coney Barrett's nomination to the US Supreme Court came as little surprise. The long-term academic, appeals court judge and mother of seven was the hot favorite for the Supreme Court seat.