THE APOCALYPSE IS NEARING – AT LEAST ACCORDING TO ATOMIC SCIENTISTS AND THEIR DOOMSDAY CLOCK.
ON TUESDAY — THE SCIENCE-ORIENTED NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION – THE BULLETIN OF ATOMIC SCIENTISTS — SET THE DOOMSDAY CLOCK TO 90 SECONDS TO MIDNIGHT FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW.
THIS IS THE CLOSEST TO THE HOUR OF MIDNIGHT THE CLOCK HAS EVER BEEN IN ITS 77 YEARS – WITH MIDNIGHT REPRESENTING THE HOUR WHEN THE EARTH WILL BECOME UNLIVABLE.
THE SCIENTISTS SET THE CLOCK EACH YEAR BASED ON WHAT THEY CALL “EXISTENTIAL” RISKS TO THE PLANET AND HUMANS.
THE GROUP SAYING THIS YEAR THE CONCERNS WERE CENTERED ON THE WARS IN UKRAINE AND GAZA, NUCLEAR THREATS, CLIMATE CHANGE, AND THE RISE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.
THE ATOMIC SCIENTISTS SAY THE CLOCK IS MEANT TO BE A WARNING TO THE PUBLIC THAT CHANGE IS NEEDED TO KEEP THE WORLD STABLE.