This is a « time of unprecedented danger, » leading figures said as the time on the Doomsday Clock was changed.
The world is the « closest to global catastrophe it has ever been, » leading scientists announced on Tuesday as the Doomsday Clock was updated for the first time following the outbreak of the Ukraine war.
On Tuesday, the Doomsday Clock, which is a visual representation of how close humanity is thought to be to self-destruction, was set to 90 seconds to midnight. The time of midnight is « apocalypse » imagery, according to the Clock’s creators, used to « convey threats to humanity and the planet. »
Moving the clock from 100 seconds to midnight, as it has been since 2020, to 90 seconds was « largely, though not exclusively, because of the mounting dangers in the war in Ukraine, » the Science and Security Board of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists said as the clock’s time was unveiled.
« We move the clock forward, the closest it has ever been to midnight, » the Board announced.
