Doomsday clock moved to 89 seconds to midnight, closest ever in its 78-year history
Therefore, we are moving the clock forward," said Daniel Holz, chair of the Science and Security Board of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, according to CBS News."The war in Ukraine remains a source of nuclear risk,
What Happens When the Doomsday Clock Hits Midnight?
As the Doomsday Clock ticks dangerously close to midnight, humanity faces escalating nuclear threats, climate disasters, and tech-driven risks.
Atomic scientists adjust 'Doomsday Clock' closer than ever to midnight
Atomic scientists on Tuesday moved their "Doomsday Clock" closer to midnight than ever before, citing Russian nuclear threats amid its invasion of Ukraine, tensions in other world hot spots, military applications of artificial intelligence and climate change as factors underlying the risks of global catastrophe.
The Doomsday Clock is now just 89 seconds from midnight. Here's why
On Tuesday morning, the Doomsday Clock was set at 89 seconds to midnight, which is the closest it has ever been to midnight in the 78 years since it started running. So what has set off the historic change? Essentially everything, according to the 2025 Doomsday Clock statement.
The Doomsday Clock just inched closer to midnight than ever. Why now?
Earth is moving closer to destruction, a science-oriented advocacy group said Tuesday as it advanced its famous “Doomsday Clock” to 89 seconds till midnight, the closest it has ever been.
How close is humanity to self-destruction? Doomsday Clock will reveal how bad things are.
The clock is meant as a metaphor for how close humanity is to self-annihilation, according to the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, which has maintained it since 1947. The group was founded two years earlier by University of Chicago scientists who had helped develop the first nuclear weapons for the Manhattan Project.
Doomsday Clock ticks one second closer to total apocalypse
The world is closer than ever before to total apocalypse, the scientists behind the Doomsday Clock have warned. The Doomsday Clock was begun in 1947, as a metaphor for the danger that the world was facing.
'Doomsday Clock' Moves Closer to Midnight Amid Global Threats
Scientists advance 'Doomsday Clock' to 89 seconds till midnight, citing multiple global threats. Nuclear proliferation, climate change, and AI in military operations among key concerns for humanity's future.
Humanity Is Closer to Doomsday Than Ever Before as Nuclear and Climate Threats Mount, Scientists Say
Humanity is inching toward its own annihilation, according the iconic Doomsday Clock, which moved the closest its ever been to midnight—just 89 seconds away.
Tick-tock! Doomsday Clock moves closer to midnight. Here's what we know
The Doomsday Clock is closer to midnight than ever before. What does it mean? How is this determined? Can the clock be wound back?
Doomsday Clock Says We Are Closer to Disaster
Humans may be one step closer to destroying the world, or at least that's what scientists behind the Doomsday Clock think. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists is a nonprofit organization dedicated to tracking human-made threats to the environment.
The hands of the Doomsday Clock show world ignores a potential three-headed catastrophe
The Doomsday Clock shows the global community faces the three-headed catastrophe of global warming, pandemics and nuclear ...
The Doomsday Clock reset comes Tuesday: How worried should we be?
The metaphorical clock measures how close humanity is to self-destruction, because of nuclear disaster, climate change, AI and misinformation.
Global Tensions, Climate Crisis Push Doomsday Clock Closest To Catastrophe
The Doomsday Clock is a symbolic representation of the threat of human extinction, with midnight representing catastrophe.