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Doomsday Clock 2024: Awful News For Humanity....
Doomsday Clock 2022 to be Unveiled Today as Scientists Explain if Earth is Closer to Apocalypse
The Doomsday clock - which tracks how close the world has moved to catastrophic destruction - is set to be unveiled at 3pm today for the 75th time in a live event
Daily Mirror 20 JAN 2022
After another year of pandemic struggles, climate energy and escalating threats of international war, scientists and political leaders will gather today to announce how close the world is to global disaster.
The Doomsday Clock is designed to warn humanity about how close the apocalypse is - and we will learn today if it will change this year.
It has become a symbol representing the likelihood of a man-made international catastrophe that could cause humanity's annihilation since 1947 and this update will be the 75th unveiling of the grim icon.
The clock’s minute hand was originally set at seven midnight to midnight – the point of a hypothetical worldwide disaster – but moved to 100 seconds to midnight in 2020.
Former California Governor Jerry Brown, (L) and former U.S. Secretary of Defense William Perry unveil the Doomsday Clock
The Doomsday Clock has not changed for the past two years
This is the closest it has ever been in the clock's 75-year history.
'For 75 years, the Doomsday Clock has acted as a metaphor for how close humanity is to self-annihilation,' reads the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists' website.
'Since 1947, it has also served as a call-to-action to reverse the hands, which have moved backwards before.'
With war looming between Russia and Ukraine, ongoing climate disaster and the coronavirus pandemic, it's difficult to believe that scientists will turn back the clock.
It is set by Officials from the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, an organisation concerned with global security issues.
The Doomsday Clock
It warns the public how close we are to destroying our world with dangerous technologies
It considers factors such as climate change and nuclear war
Factors considered by the non-profit group include the risk of nuclear war and climate change, which pose a threat to humanity.
On Thursday at 3pm, the Bulletin will gather to announce whether the minute hand of the clock will move one step closer to midnight.
Since 2007, the clock has also taken into account the effect of climate change on the world.
Speaking last year, Rachel Bronson, president and chief executive of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, cited numerous factors behind the decision to not change the clock's time.
She said: "We recognise that humanity continues to suffer as the Covid-19 pandemic spreads around the world.
"The pandemic revealed just how unprepared and unwilling countries and the international system are to handle global emergencies properly.
"In this time of genuine crisis, governments around the world too often abdicated responsibility, ignored scientific advice, did not co-operate to communicate effectively and consequently failed to protect health and welfare of their citizens."
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