The Doomsday Clock is a metaphor for how close the world is to being inhabitable for humanity. Scientists just set the new time for 2025.
The Doomsday Clock now stands at 89 seconds to midnight reflecting unprecedented global risks including nuclear proliferation and climate change.
The “Doomsday Clock”, which signals the end of humanity when it hits midnight, is only 89 seconds from the milestone. That is the closest it has ever been. It has been 90 seconds away for the previous two years.
Scientists and global leaders revealed on Tuesday that the "Doomsday Clock" has been reset to the closest humanity has ever come to self-annihilation.
The Chicago-based Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, which runs the clock, decided to move the clock one second closer to midnight because of climate change, nuclear threats and biological hazards.
Iconic Doomsday Clock moves one second closer to midnight as global existential threats rage. Clock factors include nuclear weapons, climate crisis, artificial intelligence, infectious diseases, and conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East.
Due to "deeply concerning" world trends, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists' said its "Doomsday Clock" is now 89 seconds to midnight.
"The 2025 Clock time signals that the world is on a course of unprecedented risk, and that continuing on the current path is a form of madness," the Bulletin said. "The United States, China, and Russia have the prime responsibility to pull the world back from the brink. The world depends on immediate action."
The Doomsday Clock is closer to midnight than ever before. What does it mean? How is this determined? Can the clock be wound back?
The Doomsday Clock is now set at 89 seconds to midnight, the closest it has ever been to implosion. The proximity to midnight reflects the scale of escalating
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