The Science and Security Board of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has moved the hands of the Doomsday Clock forward, largely due to the dangers of the ongoing war in Ukraine.
The Clock now stands at 90 seconds to midnight—the closest to global catastrophe it has ever been.
It is now #90SecondsToMidnight.
— Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (@BulletinAtomic) January 24, 2023
Read the 2023 #DoomsdayClock Statement: https://t.co/13Y7tZUnZy pic.twitter.com/4jCuj5izda
About the Doomsday Clock
Founded in 1945 by Albert Einstein and University of Chicago scientists who helped develop the first atomic weapons in the Manhattan Project, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists created the Doomsday Clock two years later, using the imagery of apocalypse (midnight) and the contemporary idiom of nuclear explosion (countdown to zero) to convey threats to humanity and the planet. The Doomsday Clock is set every year by the Bulletin’s Science and Security Board in consultation with its Board of Sponsors, which includes 10 Nobel laureates. The Clock has become a universally recognized indicator of the world’s vulnerability to global catastrophe caused by manmade technologies. (Source: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists)
