Canberra: Once every year, a select group of nuclear, climate and technology experts assemble to determine where to place the hands of the Doomsday Clock. Presented by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, the Doomsday Clock is a visual metaphor for humanity’s proximity to catastrophe. It measures our collective peril in minutes and seconds to …
Atomic scientists of Tuesday reset the symbolic ‘Doomsday Clock’ at 90 seconds to midnight, the theoretical point of annihilation, for the second consecutive year. The members of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists’ Science and Security Board set the clock based on “existential” risks to Earth and its people: the war in Ukraine, climate change …
Doomsday Clock moves closer to midnight to reflect human-made global catastrophes. The Doomsday Clock was updated today and has been left at 90 seconds to midnight, similar to what it was last year reflecting a “continuing and unprecedented level of risk”. This comes at a time when humanity is in the most danger it has …