Doomsday clock set at 89 seconds to midnight, closest ever to "global catastrophe"
- The Doomsday clock has been set at 89 seconds to midnight, the closest it has ever been to global catastrophe.
- This new time was announced on January 28, moving one second closer than the previous two years.
- Experts cited increased nuclear threat, political tensions, climate change, and illnesses as creating unprecedented danger in 2024.
- The clock's setting is a warning to world leaders about insufficient progress on global challenges.
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The Doomsday Clock is a symbol of global alert, created in 1947 by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, this clock measures humanity's closeness to a global catastrophe, represented by midnight.
The Doomsday Clock is drawing closer to midnight, and some are particularly frightened. Currently setting 89 seconds until midnight, this watch was created in 1947 to alert the public...
The Bulletin of The Atomic Scientists, an American non-profit organization, has updated the time measured by the so-called Last Judgment Clock. These now show 89 seconds to midnight, a second less than in the previous two years. The main factors that have caused this shift are armed conflicts, artificial intelligence and climate change.
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