The “Doomsday Clock” is now closer to midnight than ever before. Scientists and security experts have moved the clock forward to “90 seconds to midnight.” The move signals an increased risk to the survival of mankind due to climate change and the Ukraine conflict. The clock is set each year by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists as a metaphor for “how close humanity is to self-annihilation.” It had been set at “100 seconds to midnight” for the past two years.
The scientists behind the symbolic Doomsday Clock say humanity is closer to catastrophe than ever beforehttps://t.co/C6bSZrZm0I pic.twitter.com/B35RNLGKFU
— BBC World Service (@bbcworldservice) January 25, 2023
The Doomsday Clock was moved to 90 seconds to midnight today, Jan. 24, the closest it's ever been.
The Doomsday Clock is a decades-long project of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists featuring a clock face where midnight represents Armageddon. https://t.co/uG9vmchRXK pic.twitter.com/IFM1gmIjjT
— USA TODAY Graphics (@usatgraphics) January 24, 2023
Doomsday Clock moved forward again 😬https://t.co/zKPuuocqoc
Please enjoy my visualization of the metaphorical timepiece's history on a … clock plot? … connected scatter-clock? … 🤔📈 pic.twitter.com/KRTJ7ETSri
— Amanda Shendruk (@AShendruk) January 24, 2023
“The Doomsday Clock has been called the most iconic piece of graphic art of the 20th century, and I think it’s proving to be as powerful in the 21st.” For 75 years, the Doomsday Clock has been drawing attention to risks to human existence.
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