Doomsday Clock

Scientists warn of 'unprecedented danger' and say 'Russia's war … has raised profound questions'

[the height of the cold war](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/19/is-midnight-upon-us-doomsday-clock-panel-to-set-risk-of-global-catastrophe) was two minutes to midnight in 1953 after the first detonation of a hydrogen bomb. “The US and Russia have a strong shared interest in avoiding nuclear war and in minimising nuclear risks and we should be able to pursue this,” Fetter said. “We are living in a time of unprecedented danger, and the Doomsday Clock time reflects that reality. I think [it] is essential for the long-term risks of nuclear war, nuclear proliferation, that Ukraine is able to resist the invasion and repel Russian forces. And worst of all, Russia’s thinly veiled threats to use nuclear weapons remind the world that escalation of the conflict – by accident, intention, or miscalculation – is a terrible risk.” The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists set its Doomsday Clock at 90 seconds to midnight, the closest to midnight the clock has been since it was established in 1947 to illustrate global existential threats at the dawn of the nuclear weapons age.

Scientists cited the 'unprecedented danger' posed by the Russia-Ukraine war.

“The US government, its Nato allies and Ukraine have a multitude of channels for dialogue. It is now, 90 seconds to midnight.” The concerned US scientists set up the Doomsday Clock to provide a simple way of demonstrating the danger to the Earth and humanity posed by nuclear war.

The clock – a reflection of how close to destruction humanity is, and set by experts and scientists – moved 10 seconds forward, to 90 seconds to midnight. The ...

It marked the first time the clock had been set in seconds, a reflection of the increasing danger. “The Clock now stands at 90 seconds to midnight—the closest to global catastrophe it has ever been.” Then, it stayed at 100 seconds to midnight, as it has since 2019 – but warned that increased violence between Ukraine and Russia could push the world closer to apocalypse.

Atomic scientists reset the Doomsday Clock on Tuesday, moving its hands to 90 seconds to midnight - closer than ever before to the threat of annihilation.

It is the first time it has moved since it was set at 100 seconds to midnight in 2020. Midnight marks the theoretical point of annihilation. Register for free to Reuters and know the full story

The Doomsday Clock is the 'closest it has ever been to midnight' as scientists cite growing dangers such as the Russian war in Ukraine.

What's the closest the Doomsday Clock has been? What was the Doomsday Clock during the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962? Is the Doomsday Clock valid? It is based on the opinion of the members of the Bulletin of the Atomic What is the Doomsday Clock? Atomic scientists have set the Doomsday Clock at 90 seconds to midnight, the "closest it has ever been" amid fears over the war in

The symbolic clock, now set to 90 seconds to midnight, moved largely because of the war in Ukraine.

In 2020, the clock hands were moved 100 seconds closer to midnight. The decision is made by the BAS science and security board, which includes 13 Nobel Laureates. Midnight marks the theoretical point of annihilation.

The time is set by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, which has maintained it since 1947, amid fears over nuclear war. It has never been closer to midnight ...

It marked the first time the clock had been set in seconds, a reflection of the increasing danger. “The Clock now stands at 90 seconds to midnight—the closest to global catastrophe it has ever been.” Then, it stayed at 100 seconds to midnight, as it has since 2019 – but warned that increased violence between Ukraine and Russia could push the world closer to apocalypse.

The Doomsday Clock is the 'closest it has ever been to midnight' as scientists cite growing dangers such as the Russian war in Ukraine.

What's the closest the Doomsday Clock has been? What was the Doomsday Clock during the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962? Is the Doomsday Clock valid? It is based on the opinion of the members of the Bulletin of the Atomic What is the Doomsday Clock? Atomic scientists have set the Doomsday Clock at 90 seconds to midnight, the "closest it has ever been" amid fears over the war in

The symbolic clock, now set to 90 seconds to midnight, moved largely because of the war in Ukraine.

In 2020, the clock hands were moved 100 seconds closer to midnight. The decision is made by the BAS science and security board, which includes 13 Nobel Laureates. Midnight marks the theoretical point of annihilation.

Speaking with Esquire in 2021 for the Big Watch Book, the President and CEO of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists opened up about the process behind the ...

It’s used at the highest levels of politics, used in classrooms, in grassroots conversations. And that’s what’s going to turn back the Clock. And what science can bring us, in terms of how unbelievably quickly we can get to a vaccine and then to distribution. We have a Doomsday Clock Playlist on our site! But our hope is that some people will and they’ll be able to find us. In terms of climate and the annual UN conference, the fact that it didn’t fall apart when the United States walked away is a huge sign of success. We don’t seem like these crazy experts who are, like, “the sky is falling in!” You may have heard of the Doomsday Clock, that represents the likelihood of a man-made global catastrophe. On 24 January 2023, the hands of the Doomsday Clock – repositioned each year by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists to reflect existential threats facing mankind and our planet – were set to 90 seconds to midnight, the closest the clock has ever come to forewarning armageddon. On the upside, you’ve got to think 2021’s been a bit better! You announce the Clock position each January. The Bulletin is a 75-year-old organisation that covers man-made threats to humanity.

Time shows how near to annihilation we are – from nuclear weapons, climate change, and other threats.

While it was created in response to the danger of nuclear war, the clock has changed over time to adjust to whatever form those threats take. Since then, the metaphor has grown beyond its beginnings with the Bulletin, and it has become widely used as a way of indicating how much danger we are in. It is intended primarily as a metaphor, a quick symbolic indication of just how much danger humanity finds itself in. At 100 seconds away, the time is closer to midnight than it has ever been, including in the dangerous days of the 1950s, during the beginnings of nuclear proliferation and global warfare. While it does publish a journal, the Bulletin is really a collection of concerned experts, formed at the beginning of the nuclear age and including many of the world’s most famous scientists, such as Albert Einstein and J Robert Oppenheimer. Its first time was set at seven minutes – though Langsdorf said that was chosen more for aesthetics than any reflection of danger, saying that the time “looked good to my eye”.

“We are really closer to that doomsday,” former Mongolian president Elbegdorj Tsakhia said Tuesday at the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists annual announcement ...

“We are sending a message that the situation is becoming more urgent,” Bulletin President Rachel Bronson said at the online announcement. The advocacy group started in 1947 to use a clock to symbolize the potential and likelihood of people doing something to end humanity. “We are really closer to that doomsday,” former Mongolian president Elbegdorj Tsakhia said Tuesday at the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists annual announcement rating how close humanity is from doing itself in.