Doomsday Clock Reset To 90 Seconds Before Midnight

NPR reports:

The world is closer to catastrophe than ever: the Doomsday Clock, the metaphorical measure of challenges to humanity, was reset to 90 seconds before midnight on Tuesday.

The science and security board of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists said the move — the closest to widespread calamity humanity has ever been judged to be — was “largely, though not exclusively” due to the war in Ukraine.

The clock created a stir when it was set to 100 seconds to midnight in 2020, the first time the famous clock had gone down to seconds rather than minutes.

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The world is closer to catastrophe than it ever has been, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists said on Tuesday. The group’s experts called out Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and other threats. https://t.co/VC0kFtR7Wr

— WBUR (@WBUR) January 24, 2023

Scientists set the ‘Doomsday Clock’ to 90 seconds to midnight, closer than ever before, saying threats of nuclear war, disease, and climate volatility have been exacerbated by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, putting humanity at greater risk of annihilation https://t.co/eN5PkN2otV pic.twitter.com/OOpIQpJleY

— Reuters (@Reuters) January 24, 2023

It is now #90SecondsToMidnight.

Read the 2023 #DoomsdayClock Statement: https://t.co/13Y7tZUnZy pic.twitter.com/4jCuj5izda

— Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (@BulletinAtomic) January 24, 2023