MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for December 20th 2022
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Tuesday, December 20th 2022 - 08:53 UTC
Millions of rivers and lakes to be surveyed by a Nasa satellite
NASA, the US space agency has launched a satellite that's expected to transform our view of water on Earth and further illustrate on climate change. The Swot, Surface Water and Ocean topography, the mission will map the precise height of rivers, reservoirs, and lakes, and track ocean surface features at unprecedented scales.
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Tuesday, December 20th 2022 - 08:44 UTC
New banknotes depicting King Charles III unveiled
The Bank of England has released specimens of the new bills portraying King Charles III instead of his mother, the late Queen Elizabeth II, which are due to enter circulation in mid-2024.
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Tuesday, December 20th 2022 - 08:21 UTC
Port of Santos privatization process frozen on request from the Brazilian Audits Court
Three ministers from Brazil's Federal Court of Audits TCU asked last Friday for a reassessment of the privatization process of the Port of Santos administration. The issue should be put back into the discussion in 45 days. The rapporteur, Minister Bruno Dantas, suggested giving preference to the privatization of smaller ports before addressing Santos.
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Tuesday, December 20th 2022 - 08:04 UTC
Falklands prepares for climate change, which is arriving with much less rainfall
At the Legislative Assembly last week MLA Peter Biggs was invited to outline steps “the government and country had taken to coordinate a plan for climate action and assess and react our ocean needs, and landowners most pressing concern - our drying climate?”
