A science-oriented advocacy group on Tuesday said the Earth remains at its closest ever position to doomsday, citing wars in Ukraine and Gaza, the climate change crisis and advances in artificial intelligence.
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists kept its "Doomsday Clock" at 90 seconds to midnight – the same setting as in 2023.
Midnight on the clock represents a theoretical point of global catastrophe and destruction.
The clock dates back to 1947 and was typically “set” at minutes to midnight, though the group has switched to counting down the seconds in recent years.
The clock has been as far away from midnight as 17 minutes in 1991 after the end of the Cold War.
Persons:
Rachel Bronson, “, ” Bronson, ”
Organizations:
Atomic Scientists
Locations:
Ukraine, Gaza, Israel