Important Innovations

  Arc's E-Speedboat with Zero Emissions                                                       Source:  Arc Actor Will Smith & Rapper Diddy Combs Think It's a Hot Investment Gas-powered speedboats are notorious for their polluting carbon emissions.  A new electric powered, zero emissions speedboat appears to be a very attractive alternative and it is attracting Hollywood entertainment stars' attention.   Los Angeles-based marine startup Arc is attracting big Hollywood stars like actor Will Smith and rapper Sean Diddy Combs as investors in its electric, zero emissions speedboat.  Smith's Dreamers VC, Combs' Combs Enterprises and basketball star Kevin Durant have all jumped onboard as strategic investors.  They join Eclipse Ventures' Greg Reichow, who helped fund the launch of Tesla.  They have pushed the startup's funding to more than $30 million out of the box.   The company is less than a year old. E-Speedboat is Loaded with New Technologies Arc's fi

  Arc's E-Speedboat with Zero Emissions                                                       Source:  Arc Actor Will Smith & Rapper Diddy Combs Think It's a Hot Investment Gas-powered speedboats are notorious for their polluting carbon emissions.  A new electric powered, zero emissions speedboat appears to be a very attractive alternative and it is attracting Hollywood entertainment stars' attention.   Los Angeles-based marine startup Arc is attracting big Hollywood stars like actor Will Smith and rapper Sean Diddy Combs as investors in its electric, zero emissions speedboat.  Smith's Dreamers VC, Combs' Combs Enterprises and basketball star Kevin Durant have all jumped onboard as strategic investors.  They join Eclipse Ventures' Greg Reichow, who helped fund the launch of Tesla.  They have pushed the startup's funding to more than $30 million out of the box.   The company is less than a year old. E-Speedboat is Loaded with New Technologies Arc's fi

New Findings:  Less Bleaching in 2017 But Uncertain Fate for Great Barrier Reef Source:  Australia - Great Barrier Reef Experts Call for Urgent Action on Greenhouse Gas Emissions to Save Global Coral Reefs Global warming continues to escalate and the future of the world's coral reefs remain uncertain.  In fact, experts in Australia and at NOAA are urging immediate action to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions to save coral reefs, including the world's largest, the Great Barrier Reef.  Their request for urgent action is a result of their scientific research findings, released today. ARC & NOAA Scientists The new research findings have just been released by the ARC Centre of Excellence in Coral Reef Studies in Australia and NOAA scientists.  They found that the Great Barrier Reef endured extreme temperatures a little better in 2017 than it did during the two previous years of coral bleaching.  Their findings were published today in Nature Climate Change. Surp