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Fishy business: Rooser raises $23M for its seafood trading platform

TechCrunch

The fishing market globally was worth $253 billion in 2021, and despite the controversy that swirls around the industry, that figure continues to grow. Buyers on the platform can source seafood from 13 different countries, although Iceland, Watt said, is the biggest sourcing country at the moment. ”

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Two European companies are mapping a future service for direct air capture to sequestration of CO2

TechCrunch

The two companies are hoping to prove that Northern Lights facilities combined with Climeworks direct air capture technologies can prove to be a part of a push toward negative emissions technologies that allow companies in non-industrial sectors to become either carbon neutral or carbon negative. Image Credit: Climeworks.

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44.01 secures $5M to turn billions of tons of carbon dioxide to stone

TechCrunch

It sounds like a lot to build up, but Hasan points out that a lot of this is already done by the oil industry, which as you might guess is fairly ubiquitous in the region. ” Other mineralization efforts have broken ground on the concept, so to speak, such as a basalt-injection scheme up in Iceland, so it isn’t without precedent.

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Key takeaways from the SOSV Climate Tech Summit

TechCrunch

Every company has some problem with clean to solve. [ … ] It’s a new industrial revolution, and pretty exciting, frankly.” Carbon removal needs to become the size of the oil and gas industry, a trillion-dollar market. Iceland gets most of its electricity from hydroelectric and geothermal power. ” It’s about people.

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Little Penguins, Big Drama: Lessons on How to Go Viral from the National Aquarium of New Zealand

Connection Cafe

It’s always helpful to get inspiration and learn from other organizations in your industry. We received votes from all over the world including Iceland, Estonia, Israel, Germany, Poland, Chile, England, Brazil and Australia, with the most international votes coming from the United States. Draco won, closely followed by Mo, again!

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The best comedies streaming on Netflix right now

Mashable Tech

They play the Icelandic musical duo Fire Saga, who find themselves in the Eurovision spotlight. Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga Credit: John Wilson / Netflix With its reputation for wacky musical numbers , the Eurovision Song Contest is ripe for parody.

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The quirks and features of YouTube car reviews with Doug DeMuro

The Verge

Doug’s also a product reviewer, so we talked about what reviews are for, who they serve, and how Doug manages to keep himself independent in the face of auto industry glad-handing. When I first started, I was militant about not taking press cars, because I thought that there was some kind of quid pro quo in the industry there.

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